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*Bacterial infections mostly affects lambs except for Mycoplasmal artheritis

*[[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

*'''''[[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

*[[:Category:Staphylococcus species|'''''Staphylococci''''']]

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**Sporadically infect joints

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**May complicate 'tick-borne fever'

*[[: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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