PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Argentina: human, livestock, 2018

Anthrax — Argentina
Summary
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After 41 years of assessments, we insist that in order to control rural carbuncle “it is necessary to have a certificate of vaccination of susceptible categories and to efficiently eliminate the carcasses of bovines dying all of a sudden.” These 2 sanitation activities would provide encouraging results for control of this endemic zoonosis in this stock-breeding country.
1. Assessment area of rural carbuncle in the province of Buenos Aires (1977-2018): It was not possible