ANTHRAX
Is a peracute, acute, or subacute, often fatal disease of animals including goats.
It is commonly known as woolsorter’s disease, splenic fever, charbon, and milzbrand.
It’s caused by bacillus anthracis, a gram positive, capsulated, non motile, aerobic, spore-forming, rod shaped bacterium.
Transmission
- Goats are infected by ingestion of food, water or soil contaminated with spores.
- The infection can also occur through inhalation or a braided skin and oral mucosa.
- Mechanical transmission by biting insects and wild animals.
Signs
- Fever,
- congestion of mucus membranes,
- increased heart rate,
- reduced milk production/ blood tingled milk,
- blood discharges,
- diarrhea,
- abortion e.t.c
Treatment
- Penicillin,
- oxytetracycline,
- vaccination.
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