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  2. Actinobacillosis - Wikipedia

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    It is more commonly associated with animals than with humans. [2] One of the most common forms seen by veterinarians is mouth actinobacillosis of cattle, due to Actinobacillus lignieresii. The most prominent symptom is the swelling of the tongue that protrudes from the mouth and is very hard at palpation ("wooden tongue").

  3. Veterinary dentistry - Wikipedia

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    Dog undergoing dental treatment Dog with periodontal disease A canine with gingivitis English bulldog with underbite. Veterinary dentistry involves the application of dental care to animals, encompassing not only the prevention of diseases and maladies of the mouth, but also considers treatment.

  4. Foot-and-mouth disease - Wikipedia

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    Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that primarily affects even-toed ungulates, including domestic and wild bovids. [1] [2] The virus causes a high fever lasting two to six days, followed by blisters inside the mouth and near the hoof that may rupture and cause lameness.

  5. Actinomyces bovis - Wikipedia

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    The disease occurs when there is physical damage to the tissue of the mouth, allowing the bacteria to colonize the deep tissue and bone, typically affecting the mandible and maxilla. [5] Actinomycosis is pathognomonic for abscesses containing "sulfur" granules, and its colonies appear basophilic with club-shaped reaction products on a ...

  6. Antibiotic use in livestock - Wikipedia

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    A CDC infographic on how antibiotic-resistant bacteria have the potential to spread from farm animals. The use of antibiotics in the husbandry of livestock includes treatment when ill (therapeutic), treatment of a group of animals when at least one is diagnosed with clinical infection (metaphylaxis [1]), and preventative treatment (prophylaxis).

  7. Actinomycosis in animals - Wikipedia

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    The disease has a chronic course, and the general body condition can remain quite good. Swelling in the area of the maxilla and mandible occurs. Fistulization occurs after some days, leaving a thick, yellowish, nonodorous pus , with mineralised, 2-to-5 mm (0.079-to-0.197 in) grains therein.

  8. Cattle age determination - Wikipedia

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    Cattle have thirty-two teeth, including six incisors or biting teeth and two canines in the front on the bottom jaw. The canine teeth are not pointed but look like incisors. The incisor teeth meet with the thick hard dental pad of the upper jaw. Cattle have six premolars and six molars on both top and bottom jaws for a total of twenty-four molars.

  9. Cheek teeth - Wikipedia

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    Cheek teeth or postcanines comprise the molar and premolar teeth in mammals. Cheek teeth are multicuspidate (having many folds or tubercles ). Mammals have multicuspidate molars (three in placentals, four in marsupials, in each jaw quadrant) and premolars situated between canines and molars whose shape and number varies considerably among ...