Anthrax — Worldwide/Unknown
Anthrax was endemic only in the Chithoor district earlier. Now cases of anthrax are reported from all over the sheep-rearing areas of northern coastal Andhra Pradesh [AP], Godavari districts, and Krishna districts. The disease is peracute in sheep. Most of the sheep in coastal districts of AP are nomadic and this disease is suspected to be spreading to new areas. The peracute nature of disease in sheep, the nomadic nature of sheep rearing, and the tendency of the shepherds to leave the dead
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