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*Bacterial infections mostly affects lambs except for Mycoplasmal artheritis
 
*Bacterial infections mostly affects lambs except for Mycoplasmal artheritis
 
*[[Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae|'''''Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae''''']]
 
*[[Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae|'''''Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae''''']]
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**Clinical sighns:
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***Cutaneous erysipelas
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***Polyarthritis in lambs
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***Rarely fatal septicaemia
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**Enters via:
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***Cuts, abrasions
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***Castration or docking wounds
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***Haematogenous spread -> subacute or chronic '''fibrinopurulent polyarthritis'''
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**Morbidity up tp 50%
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**Affects mostly unthrifty lmbs
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**Fibrosis and [[Musculoskeletal Terminology - Pathology|osteophyte]] formation in later stages -> persistent lameness
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*'''''[[Corynebacterium pyogenes]]'''''
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**May cause post-dipping joint infections
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*[[:Category:Streptococcus species|'''''Streptococcus'' spp.''']]
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**Commonly cause suppurative polyarthritis in lambs
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**Naval infection -> bacteriamia -> polyarthritis
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***May also cause blindness and nervous signs if uvea or meninges are affected
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**Larger joints are more afected
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***May spread to other organs
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*[[:Category:Staphylococcus species|'''''Staphylococci''''']]
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**Sporadically infect joints
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**May complicate 'tick-borne fever'
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*[[:Category:Chlamydophila species|'''''Chlamydia sp.''''']]
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**Sporadic or outbreaks of lamb polyarthritis
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**High morbidity, low mortality
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**Commonly together with conjunctivitis
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**Most recover but may remain lame
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