POSSIBLE NB~ CONT~MIN~TION OF ~NIM~LS NITH ~NTHR~X OR

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   ~MPN/SUBjECT:      POSSIBLE NB~ CONT~MIN~TION OF ~NIM~LS NITH ~NTHR~X OR
   CHEMIC~L ~GENTS IN MOR (S)//'
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               ~. SUBJECT.-  C~PE FOR HNIi~~L VICTIMS IN OPER~TION DESERT
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   RM~:S/1 -   `.~. THERE ~RE NOT SLiFFICIENT RESOURCES IN-THE~TER TO
   PROVIDE TRE~TMENT TO ~NIM4LS SUCH ~S SHEEP. GOr~"TS.    C~TTLE     C~MELS OR
   HORSES IN THE EVENT THEY ~RE EXPOSED TO ~NTHRMX SPORES DURING ~
   BIOLOGIC~L ~TT~CK.
   2.     ?~,  INITIr;L SYMPTOMS OF INHHL~TION ~NTHR~X ~RE MILD ~ND


   P~GE 02 RHIP~~~\.\\\ S E C R E T
   NON~SPEC IF IC.   RESEM8L I NO ~ COMMON UPPER RESP I R~TORY INFECTION.
   ~CUTE SYMPTOMS OF RESPIR~TDRY DISTRESS NILL FOLLON.       FEVEF HND
   SHOCk-: FOLLON IN 3 TO 5 DH~YS. NITH DE~TH SHORTLY THERE~FTER -
   3.     `~   THE SPOPE~ CF BHCILLtJS r~NTHR~CiS. NHICH ~RE VERY RESIST~NT
   TO ~DVERSE ENV I PflNMENTHL CONDITIONS H'ND DISINFECTION. M~Y REMHIN
   VI~DLE 11-4 CONT~MIN~TED ~REHS.   P~PTICUL~RL-Y S~ND. FOR M~i-4-.Y' YE~PS
   ~FTER THE SOURCE--~NIM~L INFEF TION H~S TERMIN~TED.     DRIED SŁ;INc, ~ND
   HIDES OF INFECTED ~NIM~l~S M~Y H~RBOR THE SPORES FOR YEH~RS.
   VULTIlPES H~VE BEEN REPORTED TO SPPEHD THE ORG~NISM FRO~ ONE ~RE~
   TO H~NOTHEP.
   4-'..  ~~~` IT IS IMPEP~TIVF THH"T ~LL POTENTI~LLY INFECTED ~NIM~LS.
   THHrT IS    THOSE ~NIMHLS [-4ITHIi\ ~i4 IDENTIFIED H"RE~ TH~T H~S COME UNDER
   ~ BIOLOGIC ~L H'TTHC:kl. OR THOSE ~NIM~LS SHONING SIGNS OF ~NTHR~X

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