Lamb dysentery

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Clinical signs

15

Host species

5

Bacterial disease

Clinical Signs

Systemic

Recumbency Dehydration

General Systemic Signs

Sudden death Required Inability to suck Subnormal temperature

Digestive

Dysentery Specific Colic Abdominal pain Pathognomonic Hemorrhagic diarrhea Pathognomonic Hemorrhagic enteritis Pathognomonic

Nervous

Severe depression Opisthotonus Coma Tetany

Musculoskeletal

Back arching

Diagnosis

Microscopic examination of gram stained smear

Anaerobic culture on blood agar

Nagler reaction

Biochemical identification

Mouse toxin bioassay

Toxin antitoxin neutralization test

Treatment

Oral penicillin

Hyperimmune antiserum

Prevention & Control

Vaccination of dams with toxoid

Burning or burial of carcasses with quicklime

Administration of beta antitoxin at birth

Sanitation

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Classification

Etiology Bacterial disease
Transmissibility Contact-dependent
Infectiousness Moderately infectious
Occurrence Patterns

Endemic

Host Species

Cattle Susceptibility: Moderate
Buffalo Susceptibility: Moderate
Sheep and Goat Primary host Susceptibility: High
Camel Susceptibility: Moderate
Equine Susceptibility: Moderate

Associated Microorganisms

Clostridium perfringens type B Cause

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