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Anthrax Detected in Texasby: Press ReleaseJuly 2005 Article # 5893
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The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) announced today that ranches in Sutton County have laboratory-confirmed cases of anthrax in horses, deer, and cattle. Laboratory results are pending for several other sites in the county, where livestock and deer losses have been reported. Although this bacterial disease occurs almost yearly in this region of the state, cases have not been confirmed within Sutton County for more than 20 years. Typically, outbreaks are in Val Verde, Edwards, Kinney, and Uvalde counties, but on rare occasions, cases have been confirmed as far south as Starr County, reports Thurman Fancher, DVM, director for Area 6 (West Texas) of the TAHC.
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The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) announced today that ranches in Sutton County have laboratory-confirmed cases of anthrax in horses, deer, and cattle. Laboratory results are pending for several other sites in the county, where livestock and deer losses have been reported. Although this bacterial disease occurs almost yearly in this region of the state, cases have not been confirmed within Sutton County for more than 20 years. Typically, outbreaks are in Val Verde, Edwards, Kinney, and Uvalde counties, but on rare occasions, cases have been confirmed as far south as Starr County, reports Thurman Fancher, DVM, director for Area 6 (West Texas) of the TAHC.
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