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Bacterial skin infections - Pathology (view source)
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[[Image: Dermatophilosis in cow.jpg|100px|thumb|right|<small><center>Dermatophilosis in a cow (Courtesy of Bristol BioMed Image Archive)</center></small>]]
[[Image: Dermatophilosis in cow.jpg|100px|thumb|right|<small><center>Dermatophilosis in a cow (Courtesy of Bristol BioMed Image Archive)</center></small>]]
*Caused by [[Actinomycetes#Dermatophilus congolensis|''Dermatophilus congolensis'']]
*Caused by [[Dermatophilus congolensis|''Dermatophilus congolensis'']]
*Affects cattle, horses, sheep mainly
*Affects cattle, horses, sheep mainly
*More common in wet and warm weather
*More common in wet and warm weather
***Central bacteria surrounded by homogeneous eosinophilic material
***Central bacteria surrounded by homogeneous eosinophilic material
*Filamentous bacteria can also cause granulomas
*Filamentous bacteria can also cause granulomas
**''E.g.'' [[Actinomycetes|''Actinomyces'' and ''Nocardia'']], [[:Category:Actinobacillus species|''Actinobacillus'']]
**''E.g.'' [[:Category:Actinomycetes|''Actinomyces'' and ''Nocardia'']], [[:Category:Actinobacillus species|''Actinobacillus'']]
===Bacterial pododermatitis===
===Bacterial pododermatitis===