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===Overview===
===Overview===
*Causes erysipelas in pigs and turkeys worldwide
*Causes erysipelas in pigs and turkeys worldwide
*Occasionally infects sheep and other animals
*[[Infectious Arthritis#In Pigs|Arthritis and discospondylitis in pigs]] as well as [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Systemic bacterial infections|cutaneous lesions]]
*Occasionally causes [[Infectious Arthritis#In Sheep|arthritis in sheep]] and disease in other animals
*Causes erysipeloid, a localised cellulitis in humans
*Causes erysipeloid, a localised cellulitis in humans
*Found in porcine tonsils - 50% of pigs are thought to be carriers
*Found in porcine tonsils - 50% of pigs are thought to be carriers
===Clinical infections===
===[[Swine Erysipelas]]===
===[[Turkey erysipelas]]===
===Sheep infections===
*Non-suppurative polyarthritis of lambs from contamination of navel or tail-docking/castration wounds
*Cellulitis and laminitis in older lambs and ewes causing post-dipping lameness - entry through skin abrasions in hoof from contaminated dip
*Valvular endocarditis and pneumonia in ewes reported
**Clinical sighns:
***Cutaneous erysipelas
***Polyarthritis in lambs
***Rarely fatal septicaemia
**Enters via:
***Cuts, abrasions
***Castration or docking wounds
***Haematogenous spread -> subacute or chronic '''fibrinopurulent polyarthritis'''
**Morbidity up tp 50%
**Affects mostly unthrifty lmbs
**Fibrosis and [[Musculoskeletal Terminology - Pathology|osteophyte]] formation in later stages -> persistent lameness
=== Human erysipeloid ===
*Infection through skin wounds from fish and poultry
*Localised cellulitis
*Occasional joint and heart disease after haematogenous spread if untreated
[[Category:Bacteria_miscellaneous]] [[Category:Gram_positive_bacteria]] [[Category:Rods]] [[Category:Sheep_Bacteria]] [[Category:Pig_Bacteria]] [[Category:Avian Bacteria]] [[Category:To_Do_-_Bacteria]][[Category:To Do - Major]]