In recent years, anthrax has assumed great importance in Etosha National Park where it was responsible for an estimated 54% of the total recorded mortality.From January 1966 to June 1974, the disease caused the deaths of at least 1635 animals and affected 10 wildlife species. It was diagnosed...
Anthrax (炭疽) is a naturally occurring disease of plant-eating animals caused by the anthrax bacillus (杆菌).It is an illness which has been recognized since ancient times.Anthrax was common essentially in all areas where livestock (=animals kept on a farm, such as sheep and cattle) are ...
1. A serious infectious disease of mammals caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, most commonly affecting grazing animals. The disease can be transmitted to humans by handling infected animals or contaminated animal products (resulting in cutaneous lesions), by ingesting contaminated meat, or by ...
Anthrax, a potentially fatal infection, is a virulent and highly contagious disease. It is caused by a gram-positive, toxigenic, spore-forming bacillus: Bacillus anthracis. For centuries, anthrax has caused disease in animals and, although uncommonly, in humans throughout the world. Descriptions of...
Anthrax is caused by exposure to the spores of the bacteriaBacillus anthracisthat become entrenched in the host body and produce lethal poisons. It is primarily a disease in grazing animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, and horses. Pigs are more resistant, as are dogsand cats. Birds usually...
Anthrax, a disease of mammals (including humans), is caused by a spore-forming Gram-positive bacilli called Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax is one of the oldest threats to humanity, and remains endemic in animals in many parts of the world. The incidence of
• From 1889 to 1904 McFadyean was also keenly interested in the problems of anthrax disease in animals.• If you go fertilizing with unsterilized bonemeal, for instance, hold your breath; the stuff can be crawling with anthrax germs.Origin anthrax (1300-1400) Latin Greek, “coal, ...
In all cases, the surviving animals developed immunity against anthrax via subcutaneous challenge. “Our results suggest that doxycycline and ciprofloxacin are efficient antibiotics to treat anthrax, not only as post-exposure prophylaxis, but also during the systemic phase of the disease,” the research...
was common in essentially all areas where livestock are raised. Intensive livestock immunization4 programs have greatly reduced the occurrence of the disease among both animals and humans in much of the world, however, outbreaks occurred during the mid-1990's in Haiti and the former Soviet Union....
Anthrax has killed at least six wild chimpanzees in the tropical rainforest of the Ivory Coast - the first time the disease has been seen in these animals and in this type of habitat. As well as threatening great ape populations, the discovery raises fears that the disease could spread to ...