Glanders is a contagious ... Contaminated aerosols (produced by coughing and sneezing) and contaminated fomites brought to the animals via grooming equipment and tack may also be a source of ...

A fomite refers to inanimate objects that can carry and spread disease and infectious agents. Fomites can also be called passive vectors. Image Credit: David Pereiras/Shutterstock.com There is a ...

Aggressive control measures essentially eliminated glanders from the West. However, with the resurgent concern about biologic warfare, B. mallei is now being studied in laboratories worldwide.

What is glanders? Glanders is a disease caused by bacteria called Burkholderia mallei. It is primarily known to affects animals like horses, donkeys, and mules, but it can also infect humans.

OTTAWA, Ontario, Dec. 18.--A number of cases of glanders in horses have appeared in this city. To-day Dr. Harris proceeded to Burritt's Rapids, where he shot, two horses afflicted with the disease.

Bio-Warfare and the U.S. The U.S. Army microbiologist was infected with Burkholderia mallei, which causes an often fatal disease known as Glanders. Probably the 20th-century's first bio-weapon ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A test event for the 2016 Olympic equestrian has begun in Rio de Janeiro in the wake of an outbreak of the highly contagious and lethal disease glanders. Authorities have ...

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Glanders disease, a deadly bacterial infection of the equines is on an increase in Delhi. Delhi government’s veterinary department sent samples of 32 horses from west, southwest, southeast and ...

Glanders is a infectious zoonotic disease that primarily affects horses. (Representational) New Delhi: Delhi has been notified as a "controlled area" in the wake of spread of glanders, an ...

District authorities in Anand and Jaunagadh have restricted movement of equine animals -- mules, donkeys and horse-- after the deadly glanders disease was detected there. District authorities in ...