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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Bovine diseases, Cowpox, Bluetongue disease, Anthrax, Q fever, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Foot-and-mouth disease, Leptospirosis, Rinderpest, Bloat, Mastocytoma, Bovine papillomavirus, RORA Elevation, Bovine malignant catarrhal fever, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, Frozen bovine semen, Paratuberculosis, Bovine leukemia virus, Thelaziasis, Mastitis in dairy cattle, Elaeophora sagitta, Freemartin, Elaeophora poeli, Protothecosis, East Coast fever, Bovine virus diarrhea, Foot rot, Milk fever, Fog fever, Akabane virus, Downer, Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, Iowa Cow War, Bovine podiatry, Bovine ephemeral fever, Verminous haemorrhagic dermatitis, Polioencephalomalacia, California mastitis test, Bovine herpesvirus 1, Lumpyskin disease, Animal trypanosomiasis, Grass tetany, Pseudocowpox, Nutritional muscular dystrophy, Bovine papular stomatitis, Bovine herpesvirus 2, Blackleg, Actinomycosis in animals, Corynebacterium bovis, Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, Corynebacterium renale, Zamia staggers, Annual ryegrass toxicity, Babesia divergens, Cowslip, Hardware disease, Moraxella bovis, Jembrana disease, Bovine prolapsed uterus. Excerpt: Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Most forms of the disease are lethal, and it affects both humans and other animals. There are effective vaccines against anthrax, and some forms of the disease respond well to antibiotic treatment. Like many other members of the genus Bacillus, Bacillus anthracis can form dormant endospores (often referred to as "spores" for short, but not to be confused with fungal spores) that are able to survive in harsh conditions for decades or even centuries. Such spores can be found on all continents, even Antarctica. When spores are inhaled, ingested, or come into contact with a skin lesion on a host they may reactivat...
