Animal Health Fact Sheets Below are short descriptions of each disease. More information and a printer friendly version may be obtained by clicking on the disease name to the left. The disease can be acute or chronic in nature.
Infection is more common in beef cattle than it is in dairy cattle.
Anaplasmosis does not infect humans. Anthrax 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. All mammals appear to be susceptible to anthrax to some degree, but ruminants, such as cattle, sheep, and goats, are the most susceptible and commonly affected, followed by horses, and then swine. In ruminants, the disease is generally characterized by sudden death.