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***Found naturally in oral cavity of cattle
 
***Found naturally in oral cavity of cattle
 
***Prefers anaerobic conditions but not strict anaerobe
 
***Prefers anaerobic conditions but not strict anaerobe
***Penetrates injured tissues to cause [[General Pathology - Chronic Inflammation#Granulomatous Inflammation|granulomatous inflammation]] lesions of soft tissues and bone, causing [[Oral Cavity - Teeth#Mandibular Osteomyelitis|lumpy jaw]]  
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***Entry of organism into tissues following trauma to the mucosa from rough feed or tooth eruption
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***Causes [[General Pathology - Chronic Inflammation#Granulomatous Inflammation|granulomatous inflammation]] of soft tissues and bone, causing [[Oral Cavity - Teeth#Mandibular Osteomyelitis|lumpy jaw]]  
 
***Usually invades mandible to cause [[Bones - inflammatory#Osteomyelitis|osteomyelitis]] and may extend to surrounding [[Muscles - inflammatory#Actinomycosis bovis|muscles]]
 
***Usually invades mandible to cause [[Bones - inflammatory#Osteomyelitis|osteomyelitis]] and may extend to surrounding [[Muscles - inflammatory#Actinomycosis bovis|muscles]]
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***The lesions begins as a painless swelling of the affected bone
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***Swelling becomes more painful and enlarges over a number of weeks, gaining fistulous tracts which discharge pus
 
***Organisms found in yellow sulphur granules
 
***Organisms found in yellow sulphur granules
 
***Club colony formation
 
***Club colony formation
 
***Colonies adhere to agar media and are non-haemoltic
 
***Colonies adhere to agar media and are non-haemoltic
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***Surgical treatment possible when lesions are small
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***Prolonged parenteral penicillin treatment may be beneficial early in the disease
 
**''Actinomyces viscosus''
 
**''Actinomyces viscosus''
 
***Commensal of oral cavity of dogs and humans
 
***Commensal of oral cavity of dogs and humans
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===''Actinobaculum suis''===
 
===''Actinobaculum suis''===
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**Found in preputial mucosa of boars
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**Found in preputial mucosa of healthy boars
 
**Anaerobic
 
**Anaerobic
 
**Coryneform morphology
 
**Coryneform morphology
 
**Produces urease
 
**Produces urease
 
**3mm diameter colonies with shiny raised centre and dull edge
 
**3mm diameter colonies with shiny raised centre and dull edge
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**Disease transmitted at coitus
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**Sows develop disease within 3-4 weeks of mating
 
**Produces lesions in urinary tract of sows
 
**Produces lesions in urinary tract of sows
 
**Cystitis and pyelonephritis in sows
 
**Cystitis and pyelonephritis in sows
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**Anoreixa, arching of back, dysuria and haematuria
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**May be fatal
     
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