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Clostridium species
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**Haemorrhagic enteritis and ulceration in the small intestine
**Haemorrhagic enteritis and ulceration in the small intestine
**Fluid in the peritoneal cavity and pericardial sac due to increased capillary permeability
**Fluid in the peritoneal cavity and pericardial sac due to increased capillary permeability
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*''C. perfringens'' type C:
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**[[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#"Pulpy Kidney" Disease|Pulpy kidney disease]] in well-fed 3-10 week-old lambs
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**Follows overeating high grain diet or luchious pasture
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**Starch from partially digested food enterering the intestine from the rumen allows rapid clostridial proliferation
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**Epsilon toxin activated by proteolytic enzymes causes toxaemia
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**Lambs found dead or with opisthotonos, convulsions, coma
** [[Intestines - Fibrinous/ Haemorrhagic Enteritis#Colitis X|Colitis X]]
** [[Intestines - Fibrinous/ Haemorrhagic Enteritis#Colitis X|Colitis X]]
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** [[Intestines - Catarrhal Enteritis#"Pulpy Kidney" Disease|Pulpy kidney disease]]
*** ''C. perfringens'' type D only.
*** ''C. perfringens'' type D only.
** [[Peritoneal cavity - inflammatory#In cattle|Peritonitis in cattle]]
** [[Peritoneal cavity - inflammatory#In cattle|Peritonitis in cattle]]
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