Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Agriculture has prohibited people from dissecting the corpses of livestock infected with the Bacillus anthracis bacteria, which causes anthrax.The corpses of infected livestock should be burned or buried to prevent infection, director of animal health at the ministry, Nuryani Zainudin, said during the "Anthrax Situation in Indonesia Update" press conference streamed on Thursday. nthrax bacteria are included in a type of zoonosis that can transmit from herbivorous animals, such as cows, goats, sheep, and camels, to humans. nthrax is also known as a ground disease that can survive for dozens of years--thanks to spore protection--inside the body of an animal and under the ground. Clinical symptoms seen in animals infected with anthrax include high fever at the start of the infection, then restlessness, convulsions, and death. Not infrequently, livestock die suddenly without clinical symptoms. Some easily spotted clinical symptoms include bleeding from the orifices, such as ears, nose, and mouth.
"If this dead animal is dissected, then the spore will come out and enter the ground, then it will protect itself for dozens of years," Zainudin explained.
Source: Antara News Agency