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CHEMICAL AGENTS IN AOR ~//

REF/A/RMG/lOlSO()ZNOV9O/USCINCCENT CCSG/CCJ-S//

AMPN/REF A, SUBJECT:    CARE FOR ANIMAL VICTIMS IN OPERATION DESERT

SHIELD//      /~~t ~~~t? #r)c~;* sce~~tr6' ~~e,C~ l~(~~ /~~,~~~~ ~~~~~~~

RMKS/1.   (S) IN THE EVENT THAT ANIMALS SUCH AS SHEEP, GOATS1

CATTLE, CAMELS OR HORSES ARE EXPOSED TO ANTHRAX SPORES DURING

A BIOLOGICAL ATTACK-                 1 ~Vf~~~~~~?~~~SyAN~EL  AND

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2.    (~) 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 3 TO S DAYS1 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 SAND1 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.

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