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CHEMICAL AGENTS IN AOR

REF/A/RMG/~O1~OOZNOV9D/USCINCCENT CCSG/CCJS//

AMPN/REF A~ SUBJECT:    CARE FOR ANIMAL VICTIMS IN OPERATION ?ESERT

SHIELD//

RMKS/~    ~    THERE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT RESOURCES IN-THEATER TO

PROVIDE TREATMENT TO ANIMALS SUCH AS SHEEP~ GOATSi CATTLE~ CAMELS OR

HORSES IN THE EVENT THEY ARE EXPOSED TO ANTHRAX SPORES DURING A

BIOLOGICAL ATTACK.

           INITIAL SYMPTOMS OF INHALATION ANTHRAX ARE MILD AND

NON-SPECIFIC~ RESEMBLING A COMMON UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION

ACUTE SYMPTOMS OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS WILL FOLLOW      FEVER AND

SHOCK FOLLOW IN S TO S DAYS~ WITH DEATH SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

S.         THE SPORES OF BACILLUS ANTHRACIS~ WHICH ARE VERY RESISTANT

TO ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND DISINFECTION~ MAY REMAIN

VIABLE IN CONTAMINATED AREAS~ PARTICULARLY SANDi FOR MANY YEARS

AFTER THE SOURCE-ANIMAL INFECTION HAS TERMINATED.     DRIED SKINS AND

HIDES OF INFECTED ANIMALS MAY HARBOR THE SPORES FOR YEARS.

VULTURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO SPREAD THE ORGANISM FROM ONE AREA

TO ANOTHER.

4.   *     IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ALL POTENTIALLY INFECTED ANIMALS~


                                                          ~91S~~Z JAN 9~

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