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==Pathology==

==Pathology==

Affected muscle is black, dry and infiltrated with small bubbles and often has a rancid smell. The lesions can be present in any muscle including the tongue or diaphragm. Often in sheep, lesions are deep and quite small. Suspected cases can be confirmed using demonstration of ''C. chauvoei'' in affected muscle using the fluorescent antibody test on smears produced from the primary lesion.

Affected muscle is black, dry, infiltrated with small bubbles, distended by serous or serosanguinous exudate and often has a rancid smell. The lesions can be present in any muscle including the tongue or diaphragm and it is not unusual to find clumps of gram positive bacteria in affected muscle. Often in sheep, lesions are deep and quite small. Suspected cases can be confirmed using demonstration of ''C. chauvoei'' in affected muscle using the fluorescent antibody test on smears produced from the primary lesion.

 

Additionally gram positive bacteria may be found in clumps.

==Treatment==

==Treatment==