Anthrax outbreak in a Swedish beef cattle herd - 1st case in 27 years Case report.docVIP

Lewerinetal.ActaVeterinariaScandinavica2010,52:7 /content/52/1/7 CASE REPORT OpenAccess AnthraxoutbreakinaSwedishbeefcattleherd- 1stcasein27years:Casereport SusannaSternbergLewerin1*,MarianneElvander1,ThereseWestermark2,LisbethNisuHartzell3, AgnetaKarlssonNorstr?m4,SaraEhrs5,RickardKnutsson5,StinaEnglund6,Ann-ChristinAndersson7, MalinGranberg7,StinaB?ckman7,PerWikstr?m7,KarinSandstedt5 Abstract After27yearswithnodetectedcases,anoutbreakofanthraxoccurredinabeefcattleherdinthesouthofSwe- den.Theoutbreakwasunusualasitoccurredinwinter,inanimalsnotexposedtomeat-and-bonemeal,inanon- endemiccountry