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Tetanus - What are our odds?
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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1017289" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p><em>Skip this if it is more than you need to know</em>. The Clostridial group of bacteria are nasty. They dump toxic by-products of their metabolism into the host when they set up house keeping. Clostridium difficile is what killed my 90 year old father. One of the most toxic poisons on earth is the one produced by Clostridium botulinum which casues botulism. It is a paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacteria. If my memory serves me, Clostridium are bacillus or rod shaped bacteria. They remind me of mexican jumping beans when you see them under the microscope. C tetani also produces a toxin that is paralytic. That explains the spasms. The diaphragm can become paralyzed and then suffacation occurs. This is a very large group of pathogenic bacteria. They are in our environment every where on earth so it is not a matter of one cow passing them to another. They are just there so not a bad idea to include all the clostridial organisms in your vaccination protocol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1017289, member: 17767"] [i]Skip this if it is more than you need to know[/i]. The Clostridial group of bacteria are nasty. They dump toxic by-products of their metabolism into the host when they set up house keeping. Clostridium difficile is what killed my 90 year old father. One of the most toxic poisons on earth is the one produced by Clostridium botulinum which casues botulism. It is a paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacteria. If my memory serves me, Clostridium are bacillus or rod shaped bacteria. They remind me of mexican jumping beans when you see them under the microscope. C tetani also produces a toxin that is paralytic. That explains the spasms. The diaphragm can become paralyzed and then suffacation occurs. This is a very large group of pathogenic bacteria. They are in our environment every where on earth so it is not a matter of one cow passing them to another. They are just there so not a bad idea to include all the clostridial organisms in your vaccination protocol. [/QUOTE]
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