Soil Sample Analysis of <i>Bacillus anthracis</i> Contaminated Animal Burial Sites.

ABSTRACT: Environmental contamination with Bacillus anthracis spores poses clear threats to livestock that play key roles in the economies of pastoral communities. Regular monitoring of contaminated sites is particularly important in anthrax-endemic parts of the world, such as Kars province in eastern Türkiye, where the Veterinary Microbiology Department of Kafkas University has conducted an anthrax surveillance programme for over 30 years. We reviewed the microbiological results of 232 soil samples collected during 2009-2023, from sites known to be contaminated with B. anthracis spores following burial or butchering of infected animal carcasses. Twenty-five contaminated sites in 16 villages were studied. Samples were taken from a total of 61 different positions within these sites and

SUBMITTER: Sahin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11509789 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature