Show Anthrax Hard to Eradicate In addition to being very cry virulent virulent virulent viru viru- lent anthrax Is particularly bad because because because be be- cause of the difficulty In eradicating It completely l from Infected prem prem- The anthrax bacteria have havethe havethe havethe the ability to produce spores which are ure exceedingly resistant to disinfectants disinfectants weather or or r other n agencies These spores may live In the soil soli or elsewhere for as long as 25 years and when taken into the bodies of cattle sheep or other animals may produce anthrax In fact the first real outbreak of ot anthrax In Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota occurring at Montevideo In 1920 was traced to a n single farm farmon on which the disease had been Introduced Introduced introduced in In- 12 years before through some animals which died durin during g shipment from South Dakota |