Actinomycetes
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BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES
BACK TO BACTERIA
- Cause peritonitis in dogs and peritonitis in cattle and peritonitis in pigs
- Nocardia is involved in peritonitis in dogs
- Micropolyspora faeni and Thermactinomyces vulgaris in Bovine Farmers Lung
- Thermactinomyces vulgaris may cause COPD
- Actinomyces may cause granulomatous inflammation.
- E.g. Actinomyces bovis -the cause of lumpy jaw.