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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (view source)

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**Affects mostly unthrifty lmbs

**Fibrosis and [[Musculoskeletal Terminology - Pathology|osteophyte]] formation in later stages -> persistent lameness

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*'''''[[Corynebacterium pyogenes]]'''''

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**May cause post-dipping joint infections

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*[[:Category:Streptococcus species|'''''Streptococcus'' spp.''']]

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**Commonly cause suppurative polyarthritis in lambs

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**Naval infection -> bacteriamia -> polyarthritis

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***May also cause blindness and nervous signs if uvea or meninges are affected

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**Larger joints are more afected

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***May spread to other organs

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*[[:Category:Staphylococcus species|'''''Staphylococci''''']]

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**Sporadically infect joints

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**May complicate 'tick-borne fever'

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*[[:Category:Chlamydophila species|'''''Chlamydia sp.''''']]

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**Sporadic or outbreaks of lamb polyarthritis

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**High morbidity, low mortality

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**Commonly together with conjunctivitis

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**Most recover but may remain lame

===Human erysipeloid===

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