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| + | ''Clostridium novyi'' is a gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria of the class [[:Category:Clostridium species|''Clostridia'']]. |
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− | ''Clostridium novyi'' is a gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria of the class [[:Category:Clostridium species|''Clostridia'']]. | + | It is responsible for [[Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis|Infectious necrotic hepatitis/black disease]], which is an acute disease of sheep, and cattle. Hepatic necrosis is caused by exotoxins of ''C. novyi'' type B in liver damaged by ''[[Fasciola hepatica]]''. |
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| + | It causes dark discoloration of skin due to subcutaneous venous congestion, and causes [[Gas Gangrene|gas gangrene]] and myositis. |
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− | It is responsible for [[Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis|Infectious necrotic hepatitis/black disease]], which is an acute disease of sheep, and cattle. Hepatic necrosis is caused by exotoxins of ''C. novyi'' type B in liver damaged by ''Fasciola hepatica''. | + | It may be involved in cutaneous lesions and causes big head in rams - oedema of subcutaneous tissues of the head, neck and cranial thorax. It produces a necrotising lethal alpha toxin. |
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− | It causes dark discoloration of skin due to subcutaneous venous congestion, and causes [[Necrosis - Pathology#Gas Gangrene|gas gangrene]] and [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Gas gangrene|myositis]].
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− | It may be involved in [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Systemic bacterial infections|cutaneous lesions]] and causes big head in rams - oedema of subcutaneous tissues of the head, neck and cranial thorax. It produces a necrotising lethal alpha toxin.
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