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**Affects mostly unthrifty lmbs
 
**Affects mostly unthrifty lmbs
 
**Fibrosis and [[Musculoskeletal Terminology - Pathology|osteophyte]] formation in later stages -> persistent lameness
 
**Fibrosis and [[Musculoskeletal Terminology - Pathology|osteophyte]] formation in later stages -> persistent lameness
*'''''[[Corynebacterium pyogenes]]'''''
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**May cause post-dipping joint infections
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*[[:Category:Streptococcus species|'''''Streptococcus'' spp.''']]
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**Commonly cause suppurative polyarthritis in lambs
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**Naval infection -> bacteriamia -> polyarthritis
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***May also cause blindness and nervous signs if uvea or meninges are affected
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**Larger joints are more afected
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***May spread to other organs
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*[[:Category:Staphylococcus species|'''''Staphylococci''''']]
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**Sporadically infect joints
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**May complicate 'tick-borne fever'
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*[[:Category:Chlamydophila species|'''''Chlamydia sp.''''']]
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**Sporadic or outbreaks of lamb polyarthritis
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**High morbidity, low mortality
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**Commonly together with conjunctivitis
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**Most recover but may remain lame
      
===Human erysipeloid===
 
===Human erysipeloid===
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