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Show Anthrax Hard to Eradicate In addition to being very virulent, anthrax is particularly bad because of the difficulty in enidiciuiii); it completely com-pletely from infected premises. The anthrax bacteria have the ability to produce spores which are exceedingly resistant to disinfectants, weather, or other agencies. These spores may live in the soil or elsewhere for as long as J5 years, and when taken into the-bodies the-bodies of cattle, sheep or oilier animals ani-mals may produce anthrax. In fact, the first real outbreak of anthrax In Minnesota, occurring at Montevideo In I'.rjo, was traced to a single farm on which the disease had bten introduced intro-duced l'J years before, through some animals which died during shipment from South Dakota. |