Kinney County Anthrax

[lab man]

A deer tests positive for anthrax on a ranch 12 miles east of Bracketville.

http://www.tahc.state.tx.us/news/2016/2016-09-20_Anthrax.pdf

[fullsizeaggie]

Now that's something to get worried about.

[Etxbuckman]

Why is this such a big deal? Anthrax outbreaks happen all the time out in that general area. As I understand it it's naturally occurring.

If there's something unique about this situation I am truly interested to know.

[150class]

Why is this such a big deal? Anthrax outbreaks happen all the time out in that general area. As I understand it it's naturally occurring.

If there's something unique about this situation I am truly interested to know.

If you were the owner of the place who's put tons of time and money improving the heard and the ranch itself and saw how many deer we're dying then you'd be very worried

[hammer63]

If you were the owner of the place who's put tons of time and money improving the heard and the ranch itself and saw how many deer we're dying then you'd be very worried

I believe his point was that this is nothing new - it's been in the ground there for many, many years and has sprouted it's ugly head on more than one occasion. I don't believe he was saying that it's nothing to worry about.

Truly sorry for you if it is affecting the investment you've made - really - but it is a known hazard to many in the area.

[150class]

I believe his point was that this is nothing new - it's been in the ground there for many, many years and has sprouted it's ugly head on more than one occasion. I don't believe he was saying that it's nothing to worry about.

Truly sorry for you if it is affecting the investment you've made - really - but it is a known hazard to many in the area.

Makes since.

Edit- my apoliguies if my post came off strong I would imagine for the ranch that it's effecting they probably wishes it was elsewhere at the moment

[fishingsetx]

I believe his point was that this is nothing new - it's been in the ground there for many, many years and has sprouted it's ugly head on more than one occasion. I don't believe he was saying that it's nothing to worry about.

Truly sorry for you if it is affecting the investment you've made - really - but it is a known hazard to many in the area.

When the weather conditions are right, anthrax outbreaks happen a lot out that way. I used to help my dad, when I visited, ride the ranch he managed every morning in the summer and burn any dead deer we found. supposedly, blow flies spread it around. we would look for buzzards, find the dead deer, spray it with diesel, pile up a few logs and burn it. They switched to some kind of medicated feed and within a year, almost all the deaths stopped. This was about 40 miles north of del rio just outside of Carta Valley.

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[ultrastealth]

Well that sucks. We lost 2/3 of our deer to anthrax a few years ago.

[Etxbuckman]

Makes since.

Edit- my apoliguies if my post came off strong I would imagine for the ranch that it's effecting they probably wishes it was elsewhere at the moment

No worries at all. But Hammer was correct. I just thought there be something unique about this particular outbreak.

I hunted outside of Campwood and Barksdale for years and remember back in 1996 we lost probably half or more of deer to an outbreak. It's bad stuff.

[Matt2006Martin]

Yea ...rears its head every couple of years ,it's always around

[Saltyag15]

Never heard of this before. Pretty interesting! It's not worth a darn for anything or anyone, but I'd like to know the science behind it randomly showing up like that.

[kmitchl]

Never heard of this before. Pretty interesting! It's not worth a darn for anything or anyone, but I'd like to know the science behind it randomly showing up like that.

From the TPW website
"Anthrax bacteria reside in the soil in many regions of Texas, but epizootics are more frequent in the counties mentioned above. During the warm summer months, when there are rapid changes in climatic conditions (alternating periods of rain and drought), spores of the bacterium can be found at the soil surface and on low-level vegetation where they are readily available for ingestion by livestock/wildlife. The incubation period is between 1 and 10 days. After the onset of clinical signs, livestock/wildlife die very rapidly, in as little as 3-4 hours. Clinical signs include depression, lethargy, and staggering; animals may try to get to water. Live animals often are not found. The first indication of an outbreak on an individual property typically is when carcasses are located. Often, the carcass will appear to be from an otherwise healthy-looking animal (no signs of prolonged illness). "

There was a pretty severe outbreak in 2002 which resulted in about 80% die off of whitetails in this area.