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==(Enterotoxaemia with Blood)==
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==Description==
    
* [[:Category:Enteropathogenic and Enterotoxaemic Clostridia|''Clostridium perfringens'']] causes very severe acute haemorrhagic enteritis.
 
* [[:Category:Enteropathogenic and Enterotoxaemic Clostridia|''Clostridium perfringens'']] causes very severe acute haemorrhagic enteritis.
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*** May also be seen in pets.
 
*** May also be seen in pets.
 
* Type B [[:Category:Enteropathogenic and Enterotoxaemic Clostridia|''Clostridium perfringens'']] infection of lambs leads to '''lamb dysentery'''.   
 
* Type B [[:Category:Enteropathogenic and Enterotoxaemic Clostridia|''Clostridium perfringens'']] infection of lambs leads to '''lamb dysentery'''.   
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====Clinical====
      
* Lamb dysentery is usually seen in lambs under 2 weeks of age.
 
* Lamb dysentery is usually seen in lambs under 2 weeks of age.
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* Diagnosed by culturing contents of gut.
 
* Diagnosed by culturing contents of gut.
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====Pathology====
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==Signalment==
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==Diagnosis==
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===Clincal Signs===
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===Laboratory Tests===
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===Pathology===
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=====Gross=====
      
* The gut is blown and distended with foamy ,bloody contents.
 
* The gut is blown and distended with foamy ,bloody contents.
 
* Sometimes ulceration with perforation and fibrinousperitonitis is seen.
 
* Sometimes ulceration with perforation and fibrinousperitonitis is seen.
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* Focal or diffuse congestion and haemorrhages.
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* Focal or diffuse congestion and haemorrhage
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=====Histological=====
      
*Coagulative necrosis of villi.
 
*Coagulative necrosis of villi.
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* Haemorrhage.  
 
* Haemorrhage.  
 
* Influx of inflammatory cells in the lamina propria and submucosa.
 
* Influx of inflammatory cells in the lamina propria and submucosa.
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==Treatment==
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==Prognosis==
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====Similar Conditions====
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==Links==
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* '''Piglets''' show similar disease caused by [[:Category:Enteropathogenic and Enterotoxaemic Clostridia|''Clostridium perfringens'']] type C (and sometimes type B)
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==References==
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** May look similar to a volvulus but with no twist present.
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* In '''adult sheep''' [[:Category:Enteropathogenic and Enterotoxaemic Clostridia|''Clostridium perfringens'']] type B infection causes '''Struck'''.
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** Enterotoxigenic gastritis.
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** Acute sudden death with haemorrhagic enteritis
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** Haemorrhagic enteritis is not as severe as in lambs, and tends to be more patchy.
   
[[Category:Enteritis,_Bacterial]][[Category:Enteritis,_Fibrinous/Haemorrhagic]]
 
[[Category:Enteritis,_Bacterial]][[Category:Enteritis,_Fibrinous/Haemorrhagic]]
 
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