Method of control:

(1) Animals sick with anthrax must be

isolated and treated
(2) Dying of anthrax should be buried
deeply with quick lime (Ca OH) or
burnt
Vaccination:
CUTANEOUS Anthrax vaccine is approved by
PULMONARRY
the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) and recommended for
ADULTS 18-65 years who are at risk
of exposure to anthrax bacteria.
ANTHRAX These people should get three
Doses of anthrax vaccine, followed
Ulcerates and forms a Acute bacterial infection by booster doses for ongoing
black scab, around protection.
(Wool- sorters disease) is
which are purplish
due to inhalation of the
vesicle Medical management:
anthrax spores into the
(S-S) INTESTINAL lungs (Antibiotics)
(1) Ciprofloxacin
Rigors, Headache and Seen among persons who
(2) Vibramycin
vomiting Due to ingestion of handle skins or work with
contaminated meat of ill hair.
animals (S-S)
S-S Rigors
Fever, chills, swelling in Flu-like illness
the neck or glands and
pain when swallow, Usually death in 2-6 days
nausea, loss of appetite,
bloody vomiting and
diarrhea