Dozens of cattle and a moose dropped dead amid an anthrax outbreak in southeastern Wyoming, officials say.
The bacterial disease was detected in multiple beef herds for the first time since the 1970s and in a moose for the first time since 1956, state livestock and wildlife officials said in news releases.
The Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory confirmed the disease in several cattle herds near Elk Mountain in Carbon County on Saturday, Aug. 31, the Wyoming Livestock Board said in a Sept. 3 release.
“We have approximately 50 to 60 head that have died at this time due to anthrax,” Wyoming State Veterinarian Dr. Hallie Hasel told Cowboy State Daily. “It’s in a localized region at this time, but we are still investigating, and there could be other losses that we don’t know of quite yet.”