The presence of anthrax, which occurs naturally, was confirmed through laboratory testing on the deceased livestock.

Anthrax can lie dormant in soil for decades before it infects animals and kills them.

Anthrax was confirmed by laboratory results as the cause of death in seven animals in southeastern Saskatchewan.

Forty people were infected and a 12-year-old boy died after contracting anthrax after an outbreak in northern Siberia last month that was allegedly caused by a thawing reindeer carcass.

The governor of a Siberian region where nomadic reindeer herders were evacuated after an outbreak of anthrax says a child has died in the epidemic.

Saskatchewan Agriculture is reminding farmers to be on the lookout for anthrax in their animals after a confirmed case was found in cattle in the RM of Harris.

Three bison from Syncrude's herd in the oilsands have tested positive for anthrax.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture confirms anthrax found in cattle on a farm in the rural municipality of Harris.

Anthrax confirmed cause of death in two Saskatchewan bison, may be cause in seven other deaths.

The U.S. military is struggling to determine how many possibly live anthrax samples have been shipped to research labs, including to Winnipeg and Alberta.