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*'''[[Contagious Footrot]]'''

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*'''Necrobacillosis''' of the foot

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*'''[[Necrobacillosis]]''' of the foot

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**Usually caused by [[Fusobacterium|''Fusobacterium necrophorum'']] with other bacteria

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**In sheep:

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***'''Ovine interdigital dermatitis'''

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****Acute necrotising dermatitis similar to benign footrot

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***'''Foot abscesses'''

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****Bulbular or lamellar

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****Mostly in wet conditions and in heavy sheep

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**In cattle:

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***'''Interdigital dermatitis and cellulitis'''

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***Caused by ''F. necrophorum'' and [[Bacteroides|''Bacteroides melaninogenicus'']]

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***Predisposed by trauma

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***Grossly:

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****Fissures, necrotic swollen edges in interdigital spaces

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****Inflammation may spread to joint spaces

===Systemic bacterial infections===

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