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Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology (view source)
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[[Image:Black leg myositis.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Blackleg myositis (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
[[Image:Black leg myositis.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Blackleg myositis (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
*Causative agent: [[Clostridium species|''Clostridium chauvoei'']]
*Causative agent: ''[[Clostridium chauvoei]]''
*May affect the fattest cattle at pasture in the summer
*May affect the fattest cattle at pasture in the summer
*Rapid toxaemia -> death
*Rapid toxaemia -> death
====[[Necrosis - Pathology#Gas Gangrene|Gas gangrene]]====
====[[Necrosis - Pathology#Gas Gangrene|Gas gangrene]]====
*Causative agents: [[Clostridium species|''Clostridium septicum, C. novyi, C. perfringens, C. sordelli'']]
*Causative agents: [[:Category:Clostridium species|''Clostridium septicum, C. novyi, C. perfringens, C. sordelli'']]
*Normally in soil
*Normally in soil
*Bacteria gain entry as spores via penetrating wounds
*Bacteria gain entry as spores via penetrating wounds