Difference between revisions of "Category:Enteropathogenic and Enterotoxaemic Clostridia"

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General:
- Clostridium perfringens types B, C and D
- Found in soil, feaces and intestinal tract
- Survive in soil as spores
- Husbandry, changes in diet and environment predispose to proliferation in the intestine
- Abrupt changes to rich diets and intestinal hypomotility due to overeating
Pathogenesis and pathogenicity:
- Clostridial replication and overgrowth in the interstinal tract of sheep
- Production of potent exotoxins which cause local and systemic effects of enterotoxaemia
- Type of toxins produced determine clinical syndrome
- Haemolysins, collagenases and hyaluronidases also produced

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Hyperimmune serum
Vaccination - vaccinate ewes with toxoid 6 weeks before lambing to allow passive protection of lambs
Vaccination of lambs with toxoid before 2 months of age to protect against pulpy kidney
Avoid sudden dietary changes

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 *Vaccination of lambs with toxoid before 2 months of age to protect against pulpy kidney
 *Avoid sudden dietary changes
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