{"id":876,"date":"2014-09-13T18:59:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T22:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allphasepharma.com\/dir\/?p=876"},"modified":"2014-09-26T15:47:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T19:47:13","slug":"actinomycosis-in-kangaroos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allphasepharma.com\/dir\/2014\/09\/13\/876\/actinomycosis-in-kangaroos\/","title":{"rendered":"Actinomycosis in Kangaroos"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/del>Actinomycosis of the jaw (\u201clumpy jaw\u201d) may be the most common infectious disease in \"kangaroo\"<\/a>kangaroos and wallabies.\u00a0 While also seen in wild kangaroos, it is much more common in zoo animals, presumably because commonly provided grass feed can lead to\u00a0gum disease thus providing a nidus for infection.\u00a0 The organism, always present in the oral cavity as part of the normal mouth flora, penetrates into deeper layers and causes destruction of local tissues and bone. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Importantly, the infection interferes with the \u2018molar progression\u2019 whereby teeth migrate from the back towards the front of the mouth, which is the normal process of tooth eruption and dental renewal in kangaroos [1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There is still some confusion whether the fairly aggressive disease\u00a0 – it can present as local destructive disease but also with bacteremia which is often fatal – is actually caused by actionmyces alone or in concert with other mouth pathogen.\u00a0 Diagnosis based on stains of the lesion cannot definitively differentiate actinomyces from nocardia or fusobacteria, all pathogens often found in the oral cavity together.[2]<\/a>\u00a0 Hence, a synergistic infection with\u00a0several bacteria may be responsible.<\/p>\n

\u00a0References:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> http:\/\/www.2ndchance.info\/raisepossum-Johnson-Delaney2006.pdf<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> P Ladds.\u00a0 Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife.\u00a0\u00a0 Csiro Publishing 2009
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Actinomycosis of the jaw (\u201clumpy jaw\u201d) may be the most common infectious disease in kangaroos and wallabies.\u00a0 While also seen in wild kangaroos, it is much more common in zoo animals, presumably because commonly provided grass feed can lead to\u00a0gum disease thus providing a nidus for infection.\u00a0 The organism, always Continue reading Actinomycosis in Kangaroos<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[140],"tags":[538,540,536,537,539,541],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting_facts","tag-actinomycosis","tag-fusobacterium","tag-kangaroo","tag-lumpy-jaw","tag-nocardia","tag-wallaby"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allphasepharma.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kangaroo-slider.jpg?fit=640%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KWFr-e8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3195,"url":"https:\/\/allphasepharma.com\/dir\/2017\/02\/28\/3195\/cmv-connections-paul-bunnell-negative-mononucleosis-changelings\/","url_meta":{"origin":876,"position":0},"title":"CMV Connections: Paul-Bunnell Negative Mononucleosis and \u2018Changelings\u2019","author":"Harald","date":"February 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Mononuclesosis is an EBV infection that can be diagnosed with the heterophil antibody test developed by Paul and Bunnell. 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