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**Usually caused by [[Fusobacterium|''Fusobacterium necrophorum'']] with other bacteria
**In sheep:
***'''Ovine interdigital dermatitis'''
****Acute necrotising dermatitis similar to benign footrot
***'''Foot abscesses'''
****Bulbular or lamellar
****Mostly in wet conditions and in heavy sheep
**In cattle:
***'''Interdigital dermatitis and cellulitis'''
***Caused by ''F. necrophorum'' and [[Bacteroides|''Bacteroides melaninogenicus'']]
***Predisposed by trauma
***Grossly:
****Fissures, necrotic swollen edges in interdigital spaces
****Inflammation may spread to joint spaces