Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota State\u00a0Veterinarian, Susan Keller says anthrax was confirmed in a Barnes County beef cow recently, the first reported case this year.<\/p>\n
She says, \u201cProducers should consult with their veterinarians to make sure the vaccination schedule for their animals is up to date.”<\/p>\n
Effective anthrax vaccines are available, but it takes about a week for immunity to be established, and vaccines must be administered annually. Producers should also monitor their herds for unexpected deaths and report them to veterinarians.<\/p>\n
Anthrax is caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis. The bacterial spores can lie dormant in the ground for decades and become active under ideal conditions, such as heavy rainfall, flooding and drought. Animals are exposed to the disease when they graze or consume forage or water contaminated with the spores.<\/p>\n
Anthrax has been most frequently reported in northeast, southeast and south central North Dakota, but it has been found in almost every part of the state.<\/p>\n
Keller adds, \u201cWith the precipitation we have had, conditions are right for the disease to occur.\u201d Barnes County has had anthrax cases before \u2014 one in 2010, 17 in 2005, one between 2001 and 2004 and four between 1989 and 1999. Stutsman County saw five anthrax cases in 2005 and one in 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota State\u00a0Veterinarian, Susan Keller says anthrax was confirmed in a Barnes County beef cow recently, the first reported case this year. She says, \u201cProducers should consult with their veterinarians to make sure the vaccination schedule for their animals is up to date.” Effective anthrax vaccines are available, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state","category-valley-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49173"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49175,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49173\/revisions\/49175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}