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*If only subcutis and fascia are involved - '''malignant oedema'''
*If only subcutis and fascia are involved - '''malignant oedema'''
*Toxaemia and septicaemia -> rapid death
*Toxaemia and septicaemia -> rapid death
* A variation of wet gangrene.
* Produced by [[:Category:Clostridium species|''Clostridia'']] organisms such as [[:Category:Clostridium species|''Clostridium chauvei'']] and ''[[Clostridium septicum]]''.
** Organisms also form gas.
* E.g. in [[Black Leg|Blackleg]], and [[:Category:Clostridium species|''Clostridia'']] contamination of wounds.