Saskatchewan second case of anthrax this week found on Prince Albert farm

By: THE CANADIAN PRESS PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A farm north of Prince Albert is the site of Saskatchewan's second case of anthrax this week. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says seven bison have tested positive for the bacteria. A cow near Saskatoon tested positive earlier this week, and 13 cattle in the Swift Current area were discovered with the disease in May. In 2006, an anthrax outbreak in the province killed over 800 animals. The food inspection agency is at the bison ranch to implement standard disease control measures, including a quarantine. Cattle breath in anthrax spores that exist naturally in soil across the Prairies, but it's rare to find a human case of anthrax associated with an outbreak in... [read full story]