People get anthrax by: Breathing in spores, Eating food or drinking water that is contaminated with spores, or. Getting spores in a cut or scrape in the skin.

How is anthrax transmitted from animals to humans?

Animal feed can be contaminated by anthrax if it contains bone meal of infected animals. Humans can get infected if they handle or are involved in the slaughter of a sick animal, or are in contact with contaminated animal products (such as meat, blood, wool, hides, bones).

How is anthrax dispersed?

Likely delivery methods of weaponized anthrax include aerial dispersal or dispersal through livestock, notable bioterrorism uses include the 2001 anthrax attacks and an incident in 1993 by the Aum Shinrikyo group in Japan.