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lumpy jaw

[′ləm·pē ‚jȯ]
(medicine)
actinomycosis
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Another cause of lumpy jaw is malocclusion, caused when teeth penetrate the buccal surface or when the guinea pig unintentionally bites into the cheek while trying to chew.
Chapter 6: Guinea pigs
Actinomycotic osteomyelitis and periostitis of mandible or maxilla also known as lumpy jaw or big head is a sporadic disease caused by Gram positive branching filamentous microorganism, Actinomyces bovis (Militerno, 2008) and most commonly affect bovine, occasionally in equine, porcine and rarely in caprine (Seifi et al., 2003).
Therapeutic Management of Actinomycosis in a Calf
Traditional therapy for lumpy jaw includes oral or intravenous dosing of iodides and/ or antibiotics such as penicillin and streptomycin which has good response/results (Nusbaum, 1965; Radostits et al., 2005).
Actinomycosis in a bull--a case report
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