Editing Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (section)

=== Animals ===
''Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae'' may infect a wide range of animals, with or without causing the clinical disease that in animals is termed erysipelas.

==== Pigs ====
In [[pig]]s, three forms of erysipelas may be seen; acute, subacute or chronic. The acute form is characterised by high fever, anorexia, depression and death of one or more animals. Also, diamond-shaped cutaneous lesions may be seen, these are [[pathognomonic]] for erysipelas in pigs. During subacute erysipelas, similar but milder signs than in the acute form are seen. The chronic form may follow from acute or subacute cases or subclinical infections. The chronic form is mostly characterised by arthritis but sudden deaths, due to valvular lesions in the heart, may occur.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Opriessnig |first1=T |last2=Wood |first2=RL |editor1-last=Zimmerman|editor1-first=Jeffrey J |editor2-last=Karriker |editor2-first=Locke A |editor3-last=Ramirez |editor3-first=Alejandro |editor4-last=Schwartz |editor4-first=Kent J |editor5-last=Stevenson |editor5-first=Gregory W |title=Diseases of Swine |date=2012 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |location=Chichester, West Sussex |isbn=978-0-813-82267-9 |pages=750–59 |edition= 10th}}</ref>

==== Poultry ====
The bacterium has been isolated from a wide range of avian species and differences in [[susceptible individual|susceptibility]] depending on species have been suggested. Erysipelas outbreaks have been reported in almost all [[poultry]] species. Historically, erysipelas has been considered a disease of significant importance primarily in [[turkey (bird)|turkey]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bricker|first1=JM|last2=Saif|first2=YM|editor1-last=Swayne|editor1-first=David E.|editor2-last=Glisson|editor2-first=J.R.|editor3-last=McDougald|editor3-first=L.R.|editor4=Nolan|editor4-first=L.K.|editor5-last=Suarez|editor5-first=D.L.|editor6-last=Nair|editor6-first=V.L.|title=Diseases of poultry |date=2013 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |location=Ames, Iowa |isbn=978-0-470-95899-5 |pages=986–994 |edition=13th}}</ref> However, an increasing number of outbreaks in laying hen flocks have been reported in several countries.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eriksson |first1=Helena |last2=Bagge |first2=Elisabeth |last3=Båverud |first3=Viveca |last4=Fellström |first4=Claes |last5=Jansson |first5=Désirée S. |title=Contamination in the poultry house environment during erysipelas outbreaks in organic laying hen flocks |journal=Avian Pathology |date=22 April 2014 |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=231–237 |doi=10.1080/03079457.2014.907485|pmid=24661145 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Signs seen during an outbreak of erysipelas in a laying hen flock include sudden onset of high mortality and egg production losses.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eriksson |first1=Helena |last2=Brännström |first2=Sara |last3=Skarin |first3=Hanna |last4=Chirico |first4=Jan |title=Characterization of isolates from laying hens and poultry red mites (Dermanyssus gallinae) from an outbreak of erysipelas |journal=Avian Pathology |date=10 December 2010 |volume=39 |issue=6 |pages=505–509 |doi=10.1080/03079457.2010.518313|pmid=21154061 }}</ref>