Black disease

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Clinical Signs

Systemic

Pyrexia (Fever) Depression Weakness Muffled heart sounds

General Systemic Signs

Sudden death Required Isolation behavior Sternal recumbency

Nervous

Incoordination

Integumentary

Periorbital edema

Respiratory

Rapid shallow respiration

Ophthalmic

Cold skin

Reproductive

Absent ruminal sounds

Digestive

Semifluid feces

Diagnosis

Gram stain

Fluorescent antibody staining

Anaerobic culture on glucose blood agar

Passive protection toxin test

Histopathology

Treatment

Penicillin

Broad spectrum antibiotics with specific antitoxin

Prevention & Control

Burn carcasses

Control snails

Treat liver fluke infestation

Vaccination with alum precipitated toxoid

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Alpha-7 7-Way Clostridial Single-Dose Cattle Vaccine
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Host Species

Cattle Susceptibility: High
Sheep Primary host Susceptibility: Very high

Associated Microorganisms

Clostridium novyi type B Cause

Classification

Etiology Bacterial disease
Transmissibility Contact-dependent
Occurrence Patterns

Endemic

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