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**Entrance after trauma or persistent wetting

**Activated zoospores produce germ tubes which develop into filaments which invade the epidermis

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**Invasion causes an accute inflammatory response with many [[Neutrophils ~~- WikiBlood~~|neutrophils]]

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**Invasion causes an accute inflammatory response with many [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]]

**Microabscesses are formed in the skin

**Raised crusts develop in the affected regions

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*'''Clinical infections''':

**Infection usually confined to epidermis

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**Dermatophilosis

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**[[Dermatophilosis]]

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**Disease most prevalent in young animals

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**Damage to the skin predisposes to infection; blood-sucking insects also thought to be involved in transmission

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**Lesions after heavy rainfall predominantly affect dorsum of farm animals

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**Papules, serous, exudative matting of hair, raised crusty scabs

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**Scab formation more prominent in sheep and cattle than in horses

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**Lesions may resolve within weeks if dry weather, or may progress

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*'''Treatment''':

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**Parenteral antibiotics e.g oxytetracycline, pr penicillin-streptomycin combinations

[[Category:Actinomycetes]]

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[[Category:To_Do_-_Bacteria]]

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Dermatophilus congolensis (view source)