Braxy is a fatal bacterial infection in which animal?
Braxy Braxy Braxy is an disease which causes sudden death in sheep. It is caused by the bacterium "Clostridium septicum". Braxy generally occurs in winter, when sheep eat frosted root crops, or frosted grass. The frozen feed damages the mucosa (lining) of the abomasum, allowing "C. septicum" to enter, causing abomasitis and a fatal bacteremia. Young sheep not protected with a vaccine are most commonly affected. If sheep are not found dead, signs include abdominal pain and recumbency. There is no treatment, and sheep usually die within 36 hours of the onset of signs. The carcass of sheep which died of
Bumblefoot (infection) opening the wound to drain the pus, soaking it in epsom salts, and antibiotic treatment and local application of the antiseptic povidone-iodine as local dressing. In 2016, thermography was used to identify and evaluate bumblefoot lesions in 67 captive penguins from three species. Bumblefoot is so named because of the characteristic "bumbles" or lesions, as well as swelling of the foot pad, symptomatic of an infection. Topical antiseptics in addition to oral or injected antibiotics may be used to combat the infection, which if left untreated may be fatal. Bumblefoot (infection) Bumblefoot (ulcerative pododermatitis) is a bacterial infection and inflammatory