Table 1. Characteristics of six animal anthrax cases in Bangladesh, April–June 2016 and July 2017.

Characteristics	Jamtail village of Kamarkanda Upazila, Sirajganj district		Bholarhat village of Gopalpur Upazila, Tangail district		North Mosipur village of Shahajadpur Upazila, Sirajganj district		Sreerampur Village of Kalukhali Upazila, Rajbari district		Total
Animal	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	N	%
Cattle	3	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	6	100
Age in months (median)	36	-	24	-	30	-	24		27	-
Clinical characteristics
Fever	3	100.0	1	100.0	1	100.0	1	100.0	6	100.0
Fallen down	3	100.0	1	100.0	1	100.0	1	100.0	6	100.0
Lack of appetite	3	100.0	1	100.0	1	100.0	1	100.0	6	100.0
Diarrhea (bloody)	2	66.7	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	3	50.0
Muscle tremor	2	66.7	1	100.0	1	100.0	0	0.00	4	67.0
Respiratory distress	2	66.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	2	33.0
Outcome of sick animal
Slaughtered	3	100.0	1	100.0	1	100.0	1	100.0	6	100.0
Vaccination history
Anthrax	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0.0
Foot and Mouth Disease	3	100.0	1	100.0	1	100.0	0	0.00	5	83.3
Laboratory testing
Positive in PMB micros-copic examination	3	100.0	1	100.0	1	100.0	1	100.0	6	100.0