erysipelas

1. infection with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; occurs rarely in cattle and sheep, principally as an arthritis and laminitis, occasionally as a systemic infection. It is a common and serious infection in pigs and turkeys. In pigs it may be a septicemia with characteristic diamond-shaped skin lesions, or a chronic disease manifested principally as arthritis, sometimes as endocarditis. Turkeys are the only bird species affected at a significant level. In them the disease is manifested as a septicemia with no diagnostic signs.
2. An erythematous–edematous lesion, commonly on the hand, resulting from contact with infected meat, hides or bones; the usual lesion in humans and is called erysipeloid.