Anthrax

Question 1

________ is a noncontagious zoonotic disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium __________

Answer 1

Anthrax
Bacillus anthracis

Question 2

Anthrax is most common in wild and domestic herbivores such as?

Answer 2

cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and antelopes

Question 3

anthrax also be seen in humans exposed to

Answer 3

*Tissue from infected animals
*To contaminated animal products
*Directly to B anthracis spores.

Question 4

anthrax can have different clinical manifestations depending on the;

Answer 4

*Route of infection
*Host factors
*Potentially strain-specific factors

Question 5

In ________, anthrax commonly causes ________ with a ________, often accompanied by ______________

Answer 5

Herbivores
acute septicemia
high fatality rate
hemorrhagic lymphadenitis

Question 6

disease is usually less acute but still potentially fatal in what species

Answer 6

dogs, humans, horses, and pigs