By Heather Smith Thomas, published in Western Producer
Anthrax is one of the oldest killers of humans and livestock, mentioned in some of the earliest recorded history.
It has been called splenic fever, charbon, milztrand and woolsorter’s disease and is caused by a bacterium, Bacillus anthracis, which occurs sporadically in the United States and Canada.
The disease is seen worldwide, and associated with sudden death of cattle and sheep, though it can infect all warm-blooded animals.
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