Difference between revisions of "Clostridium novyi"
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| + | ''Clostridium novyi'' is a gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria of the class ''clostridia''. | ||
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*[[Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis|Infectious necrotic hepatitis/black disease]]: | *[[Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis|Infectious necrotic hepatitis/black disease]]: | ||
**Acute disease of sheep, occasionally cattle | **Acute disease of sheep, occasionally cattle | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 27 July 2010
Clostridium novyi is a gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacteria of the class clostridia.
- Infectious necrotic hepatitis/black disease:
- Acute disease of sheep, occasionally cattle
- Hepatic necrosis caused by exotoxins of C. novyi type B in liver damaged by Fasciola hepatica
- Rapid death
- Dark discoloration of skin caused by subcutaneous venous congestion
- Fluorescent antibody test diagnostic
- Causes gas gangrene and myositis.
- May be involved in cutaneous lesions
- Causes big head in rams - oedema of subcutaneous tissues of the head, neck and cranial thorax; necrotising lethal alpha toxin