Anthrax Treatment

Methods of treating the disease.

Treatment
Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis) is highly susceptible to a number of antimicrobial agents. Two of the most effective agents are Penicillin and oxytetracycline.

Where anthrax is suspected or confirmed, use of long-acting antibiotics such as those listed above, followed by vaccination 7-10 days later is effective in preventing further livestock deaths. It should be noted that this regimen has not been systematically evaluated.

Vaccine
Because the live spore vaccine must germinate and grow in the vaccinated animal's body to provide protection, antibiotics should not be administered to healthy animals either at the time of, or shortly after, the administration of the anthrax vaccine.

Source: APHIS - http://www.aphis.usda.gov