Blackleg

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Active Ingredients

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Clinical Signs

Systemic

Pyrexia (Fever) Required Depression Specific Weakness

General Systemic Signs

Inappetence (Anorexia) Sudden death Required

Musculoskeletal

Lameness Pathognomonic Painful muscle swelling Pathognomonic Emphysematous muscle swelling Pathognomonic Muscular stiffness

Respiratory

Dyspnea Throat edema

Reproductive

Tongue edema

Diagnosis

Gram stain

Fluorescent antibody staining

Anaerobic culture

Toxin antitoxin neutralization

Guinea pig inoculation

Treatment

High dose intravenous penicillin followed by long acting preparation

Prevention & Control

Burn carcasses or deep burial

Vaccination using Clostridium chauvoei vaccine

Polyvalent clostridial vaccine

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Host Species

Cattle Primary host Susceptibility: Very high
Buffalo Susceptibility: Low
Sheep Primary host Susceptibility: High
Goat Susceptibility: Moderate
Pig Susceptibility: Low

Associated Microorganisms

Clostridium chauvoei Cause

Classification

Etiology Bacterial disease
Transmissibility Moderate
Infectiousness Moderately infectious
Occurrence Patterns

Endemic

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