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*[[Intestines Fibrinous/Haemorrhagic Enteritis - Pathology#Lamb Dysentery (Enterotoxaemia with Blood)|Lamb dysentery]]
*Up to 30% morbidity and high mortality
*Affects lambs in first week of life
*Abdominal distension, pain, bloody faeces, sudden death
*Bacterial overgrowth in the intestine of the lamb due to immature bacterial flora
*Lack of proteases in the immature gut prevents cleavage of the beta toxin, allowing it to cause disease
*Also alpha and epsilon toxins
*Haemorrhagic enteritis and ulceration in the small intestine
*Fluid in the peritoneal cavity and pericardial sac due to increased capillary permeability (beta toxin)
*Fatal haemorrhagic enteritis in newborn foals, calves and adult goats
[[Category:Enteropathogenic_and_Enterotoxaemic_Clostridia]][[Category:Sheep]][[Category:Horse]][[Category:Cattle]][[Category:Goat]]
*Up to 30% morbidity and high mortality
*Affects lambs in first week of life
*Abdominal distension, pain, bloody faeces, sudden death
*Bacterial overgrowth in the intestine of the lamb due to immature bacterial flora
*Lack of proteases in the immature gut prevents cleavage of the beta toxin, allowing it to cause disease
*Also alpha and epsilon toxins
*Haemorrhagic enteritis and ulceration in the small intestine
*Fluid in the peritoneal cavity and pericardial sac due to increased capillary permeability (beta toxin)
*Fatal haemorrhagic enteritis in newborn foals, calves and adult goats
[[Category:Enteropathogenic_and_Enterotoxaemic_Clostridia]][[Category:Sheep]][[Category:Horse]][[Category:Cattle]][[Category:Goat]]