A new case of cattle anthrax has been confirmed in southwest North Dakota's Grant County, bringing the number of cases in the state to 25 this year, according to state agriculture officials.
Those cases have led to about 170 cattle deaths, the North Dakota Department of Agriculture said in a news release Thursday.
From 2006 through last year, 18 cases of cattle anthrax were confirmed.
“Many producers in the affected area worked with veterinarians to administer vaccinations earlier this year,” North Dakota State Veterinarian Dr. Ethan Andress said.
Most people associate anthrax with the weaponized version used in 2001 attacks, when five people died and 17 others were sickened from letters containing anthrax spores sent through the mail.
Persons:
Doug Goehring, Ethan Andress
Organizations:
North Dakota Department of Agriculture, “, ” North, for Disease Control, CDC
Locations:
North Dakota's Grant County, Grant County, Hettinger, Adams, year’s, Dakota, U.S, ”, ” North Dakota State