Anthrax Flares Continue

Livestock anthrax cases are dispersed over Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and southern Manitoba, Canada. North Dakota is having a record year, with more than 300 cases since early July.

Minnesota has reported five anthrax

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Livestock anthrax cases are dispersed over Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and southern Manitoba, Canada. North Dakota is having a record year, with more than 300 cases since early July.


Minnesota has reported five anthrax premises in three counties since mid-July, with 21 animals dead as of Aug. 26. No horses were lost due to the disease.


On Aug. 24, Beth Carlson, DVM, deputy state veterinarian for the North Dakota State Board of Animal Health, said, “We have quarantined 96 premises because of anthrax. Nine had horse fatalities and one had a donkey die.” Cattle, bison, sheep, farmed elk, farmed deer, and a llama have also been affected in the current outbreak. Two North Dakota premises have been released from quarantine.


“We are seeing fewer new cases reported, but cases are still occurring,” Carlson added. She recommended vaccination in all 14 affected counties and their bordering counties

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Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director, grew up riding and caring for her family’s horses in Central Virginia and received a B.A. in journalism and equestrian studies from Averett University. She joined The Horse in 1999 and has led the editorial team since 2010. A 4-H and Pony Club graduate, she enjoys dressage, eventing, and trail riding with her former graded-stakes-winning Thoroughbred gelding, It Happened Again (“Happy”). Stephanie and Happy are based in Lexington, Kentucky.

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