炭疽病（Anthrax）.docVIP

炭疽病（Anthrax） Animal anthrax I. brief introduction of anthrax Anthrax (Anthrax) is a zoonotic disease caused by Bacillus anthracis. The World Animal Health Organization (OIE) lists it as an animal disease that must be reported and is classified as the two type of animal disease in our country. Two, epidemiological characteristics 1. susceptible animals The disease is zoonotic infectious diseases, all kinds of livestock, wild animals have varying degrees of susceptibility to the disease. Herbivorous animals are most susceptible, followed by omnivorous animals, once again carnivorous animals, poultry are generally not infected. People are also susceptible. 2. sources of infection The prevalence of animal and animal carcasses died of anthrax and contaminated soil, grassland, water, feed is the main source of infection, anthrax once exposed to air, can form spores, with strong resistance, soil, water, polluted sites can form lasting foci, a local the seasonal epidemic occurred in the blood sucking insects, rain and flood season. 3. route of communication The disease is mainly affected by the digestive tract, respiratory tract and skin. Three 、 clinical symptoms Incubation period is usually 20 days. 1. typical symptoms The disease is acute after, with sudden death, bleeding, blood is hole natural soy sauce color is not easy to solidification, rigor mortis insufficiency, left abdominal swelling characteristics. 2., all kinds of livestock symptoms Cattle: the body temperature rises more than 41 degrees Celsius, the visual mucosa is dark purple, tachycardia, dyspnea. With chronic disease in cattle, neck, shoulder, chest, abdominal or genital common edema; skin lesion temperature increases, hard, tenderness, or necrosis, sometimes forming ulcer; neck edema and pharyngitis and laryngeal edema accompanied by dyspnea occurred, resulting in. Acute cases usually die after 24-36 hours, and subacute cases usually die 2-5 days later. Sheep: more performance for the most acute disease