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| *''C. pyogenes'' in [[Joints - inflammatory#In Sheep|arthritis]] of sheep post-dipping joint infection and [[Joints - inflammatory#In Pigs|arthritis in pigs]] and [[Joints - inflammatory#In Cattle|arthritis in cattle]] | | *''C. pyogenes'' in [[Joints - inflammatory#In Sheep|arthritis]] of sheep post-dipping joint infection and [[Joints - inflammatory#In Pigs|arthritis in pigs]] and [[Joints - inflammatory#In Cattle|arthritis in cattle]] |
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− | *''Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis'' may cause [[Muscles - inflammatory#Abscesses|myositis]]
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− | *''Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis'' in [[Bacterial skin infections#Deep pyoderma|deep pyoderma]]
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| ===Overview=== | | ===Overview=== |
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− | ===Clinical infections=== | + | ===''Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis''=== |
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− | *Infection follows tissue trauma
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− | *''C. pseudotuberculosis'' casues caseous lymphadenitis in sheep
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− | *Carried on skin of sheep
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− | *Infection through shearing wounds | + | *Caseous lymphadenitis: |
| + | **''C. pseudotuberculosis'' carried on skin of sheep |
| + | **Infection follows tissue trauma such as shearing wounds |
| + | **Incubation period 3 months |
| + | **Chronic suppurative infection of sheep, goats and occasionally cattle |
| + | **Abscessation of superficial and internal lymph nodes if haemtogenous spread occurs |
| + | **Caseous abscesses with green colour and onion ring appearance |
| + | **Ill thrift and pneumonia may occur |
| + | **Condemnation of carcasses and hides |
| + | **Infection spread by pus from abscesses, and oculonasal secretions |
| + | **Organism survives in environment for several months |
| + | **Sandwich ELISA detects circulating antibodies to phospholipase toxin |
| + | **Control: importation measures including screening; culling of infected sheep, stict hygiene; inactivated vaccine |
| + | *Ulcerative lymphangitis in horses: |
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− | *Ulcerative lymphangitis in horses | + | *May cause [[Muscles - inflammatory#Abscesses|myositis]] |
| + | *In [[Bacterial skin infections#Deep pyoderma|deep pyoderma]] |
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