clostridial disease
- Created by: crmarshall98
- Created on: 25-10-22 16:34
View mindmap
- clostridial disease
- definition
- gram +ve, fatal tocins resulting in GI disease and death
- diet change, parasites, injury and stress
- soil, rotting veg, commensal of GIT, immunocompromised
- 3 subgroups
- histotoxic (clostridium type B
- lamb dysentry
- haemorrhagic enteritis
- ulceration of SI
- collapse
- death
- neutrophilic
- enterotoxic - C.perfringes
- type C= struck
- neonates and adult sheep around spring grass
- necrotic enteritis and ulceration
- type D= pulpy kidney
- most common
- seen in lambs
- often found dead
- rapid kidney autolysis
- type C= struck
- histotoxic (clostridium type B
- clinical signs
- sudden death
- neuro signs
- diarrhoea
- diagnostics
- enterotoxic
- PM= autolysed kidneys or ulcerated GIT
- isolation organism not useful as commensal- need to look at pathology
- ELISA of tissue to see toxin
- enterotoxic
- treatment
- early intervention with penicillin
- NSAIDS
- poor px
- prevention
- vaccination
- reduced concentrate feeding
- remove from affected pasture
- Untitled
- definition
Comments
No comments have yet been made