PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – India (13): (KA) bovine, fatal, alert

Anthrax — India
The Animal Husbandry Department has directed its officials in all districts to immediately report any outbreak of anthrax, a bacterial infection affecting cattle.
The directive comes following the deaths of 2 head of cattle to the disease in Gowribidanur and Srinivasatarahalli of Chikkaballapur district on [Wed 8 Jul 2015].
P T Sreenivas, Deputy Director, Animal Disease Surveillance cell of the department, told Express that veterinarians confirm an outbreak of the disease when they find