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Anthrax Confirmed in Sutton County, Texas

Two ranches in Sutton County have laboratory-confirmed cases of anthrax in horses,
deer and cattle, and 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 Dr. Thurman Fancher, director for Area 6 (West
Texas) of the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC). [full report from TAHC]