Anthrax is a bacterial disease caused by the organism Bacillus anthracis. Horses most commonly show septicemia with enteritis and colic. The disease is known worldwide, but is not common in the United States. Most cases are reported during the warm summer months.

Anthrax, pronounced as anthraks, is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. This rod-shaped microbe grows in soil, where it can be ingested by sheep, cows, horses and goats.

Anthrax, a disease of mammals and humans, is caused by a spore-forming bacterium called Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax has an almost worldwide distribution and is a zoonotic disease, meaning it may spread from animals to humans.

Anthrax occurs worldwide and is associated with sudden death of cattle and sheep. Anthrax can infect all warm-blooded animals, including man. The anthrax organism (Bacillus anthracis) has the ability to form spores and become resistant to adverse conditions. Anthrax organisms in animals or their secretions may be destroyed by pasteurization or ordinary disinfectants.

Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by a spore forming bacteria. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild & domestic vertebrate, herbivore animals. But it can occur in humans when they are exposed to infected animals or tissue from infected animals.

Cattle and sheep are the most susceptible to anthrax. Horses and goats also get the disease but are more resistant and dogs and cats are apparently quite resistant. A 1955 survey of anthrax losses in livestock in 1955 showed nearly 20,000 US cases in the prior 10 years. However, by the 1960's one hundred cases or less a year were reported.