Malignant edema

Clinical Signs

Systemic

Pyrexia (Fever) Required Depression Required Recumbency Weakness

General Systemic Signs

Inappetence (Anorexia) Sudden death Specific

Musculoskeletal

Lameness Muscle tremor

Respiratory

Tachypnea

Integumentary

Wound edema Pathognomonic Emphysematous swelling Pathognomonic Painful swelling Cold insensitive swelling Serosanguineous wound discharge Pathognomonic

Diagnosis

Gram stain

Fluorescent antibody staining

Anaerobic culture

Animal inoculation in guinea pigs

Nagler reaction negative

Treatment

Penicillin 20000 IU/kg

Polyvalent antitoxin

Drainage incision and hydrogen peroxide irrigation

Prevention & Control

Proper wound hygiene

Proper disposal of carcasses

Vaccination with formalinized bacterin

Blackleg and gas gangrene bivalent vaccine

Related Products

No related products found.

Active Ingredients

No active ingredients found.

Host Species

Cattle Primary host Susceptibility: High

Sheep Primary host Susceptibility: High

Goat Susceptibility: Moderate

Human Susceptibility: Moderate

Horse Primary host Susceptibility: High

Associated Microorganisms

No information available.

Classification

Etiology Bacterial disease

Zoonotic Yes

Transmissibility Moderate

Infectiousness Moderately infectious

Occurrence Patterns

Endemic