Several animals have been found dead due to infection by anthrax in Wyoming. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced on September 3 that a dead moose had tested positive for anthrax in Carbon ...

WHAT IS ANTHRAX? Bacillus anthracis is a rod-shaped bacterium that typically appears–when outside a living host–in a dormant state, protected by a hard-shelled spore. Provided it is lodged in rich ...

A recent anthrax outbreak in southern Idaho livestock has triggered concern among residents, but a local veterinarian says ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Anthrax, otherwise known as the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a deadly serious infectious disease that ...

Anthrax, which is present in many soils, can come out of dormancy and cause sudden death in livestock. Although most picture the white powder developed in a laboratory and associated with the 2001 ...

POCATELLO — Health officials are administering preventive treatment to individuals in northern Utah after the detection of anthrax bacterium in a cow that originated in Idaho, amid additional confirme ...

While much effort has focused on avoiding anthrax, history has also seen attempts to explore using the bacterial spores to inflict harm. They used to call it “wool sorter’s disease” or “hide-porter’s ...

Idaho State Veterinarian, Dr. Scott Leibsle, says the Idaho State Department of Agriculture is working with producers and ...

At least 17 people have died in an anthrax outbreak in southern Uganda this month, a local official told AFP Thursday, saying the situation was "under control". Anthrax is spread through a bacterium ...

Studies of how people get anthrax are based mostly on studies of primates. One statistic often cited is that it takes thousands of anthrax spores to cause a case of inhaled anthrax. But some ...