Are plants and animals the same as anthrax? What are the symptoms? How to carry out prevention and control? Can a person be cured of anthrax?

Anthrax is an acute zoonotic disease. It mainly occurs in people who have more contact with animals and animal products processing and accidentally eat diseased animal meat. In fact, plants are also at risk of anthrax. So is plant anthrax the same as animal anthrax? What are the symptoms? How to carry out prevention and control? Can a person be cured of anthrax?

Is plant anthrax the same as animal anthrax?

1. Plant anthracnose is mainly caused by Alternaria, which is a kind of fungus.

2. Animal anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis, which is a kind of bacteria. Anthrax in animals can be transmitted to humans, while anthrax in plants cannot be transmitted to humans. However, eating fruits and vegetables with anthrax is also harmful to human health.

Second, what are the symptoms of anthrax in animals and plants? How to prevent and cure?

1. What are the symptoms of animal anthrax?

Animal anthrax is mainly infected by herbivorous livestock such as cattle, sheep, horses and so on. Anthrax can occur all the year round, but it is more common in hot, humid, Rain Water and insect-infested summers. Most of the livestock such as cattle and sheep suffer from anthracnose. Generally speaking, as soon as the disease occurs, the livestock will suddenly fall to the ground with convulsions, have difficulty breathing and die a few minutes later.

2. Methods of prevention and control of animal anthracnose.

The livestock enclosure can be disinfected with 2% caustic soda water or quicklime, and then driven back to the enclosure after the enclosure is dry. The drinking water of livestock should also be controlled to ensure that the water source is clean and hygienic. Moreover, for unexplained deaths, especially livestock bleeding from seven orifices, it is necessary to find a professional to confirm the safety before peeling and taking meat.

3. What are the symptoms of plant anthracnose?

The harm of plant anthracnose is more extensive, and the main parts that damage plants include leaves, flowers, branches and fruits. On the leaves, chlorotic dots first appear at the leaf tip and leaf edge, and then expand into semicircular, round or irregular spots, the diseased tissue is yellowish brown or brown, and small black spots appear in the later stage, sometimes arranged in a wheel shape, and if the environment is wet, spore piles are formed.

4. Control methods of plant anthracnose.

The lesion should be cut off in time at the initial stage of the disease. You can spray 75% chlorothalonil 500 times before the onset of the disease for prevention and treatment. The diseases of crops are mainly for prevention. While using medicine, it is also necessary to ensure the adequacy of crop nutrients and water. But the water supply must be well controlled, must not be stagnant water, otherwise the disease will be more serious!

Third, what are the symptoms of anthrax infection?

There are three main clinical types of human anthrax:

1. Anthrax of skin

2. Pulmonary anthrax and intestinal anthrax

Sometimes it causes anthrax, septicemia and meningitis.

4. Among them, cutaneous anthrax is the most common, accounting for more than 95% of all cases.

5. Skin anthrax is more common in exposed skin such as face, neck, shoulder, hands and feet, mainly manifested as local skin edema, macula or papules, blisters, ulcers and eschar; pain is not obvious, slightly itchy, no abscess formation. The case fatality rate of timely treatment is less than 1%.

6. Pulmonary anthrax begins with "flu-like" symptoms, characterized by low fever, fatigue, general discomfort, myalgia and cough, which usually lasts about 48 hours. Then suddenly developed into an acute disease, respiratory distress, shortness of breath, cough, cyanosis, hemoptysis and so on. Coma and death can occur quickly, and the mortality rate can reach more than 90%.

7. Intestinal anthrax can be characterized by acute enteritis or acute abdomen. Acute enteritis can occur when nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea. Acute abdomen patients with severe systemic poisoning symptoms, persistent vomiting and diarrhea, bloody stool, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, often complicated with septicemia and septic shock. If not treated in time, it can often lead to death.

Can anthrax infection be cured?

Do not worry too much, anthrax is treatable, as a bacterial infectious disease, the use of antibiotics is naturally the first choice, penicillin is the first choice for treatment.

The treatment of skin anthrax is not difficult, in addition to the use of antibiotics, only simple wound treatment measures are needed. Other types of anthrax are generally complex and severe and require symptomatic treatment according to the specific situation.

Anthrax to the late stage, especially when there are systemic bleeding symptoms, it is really difficult to treat. Therefore, the key to the treatment of anthrax patients is early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment. Any delay may lead to serious consequences.

5. How to prevent anthrax?

The most important thing is not to contact the source of infection. The source of infection of anthrax is mainly sick and dead animals. if cattle, sheep and other animals are found to have died suddenly and do not come into contact, slaughter, eat or buy or sell, they shall immediately report to the local agricultural and animal husbandry department for handling.

Once you find yourself or someone around you with symptoms of anthrax, you should immediately report to the local health center or disease prevention and control agency, and seek medical treatment in a timely manner. Pay attention to the purchase of beef and mutton products from regular channels, and do not buy and eat sick or dead livestock or meat of unknown sources.

"if there is a sudden illness and death of animals such as cattle and sheep, it is necessary to make a timely diagnosis, correctly handle the source of infection, and avoid direct or indirect contact with the fur and feces of these animals." Lu Jiahai suggested.