Bacillus anthracis caused the death of five cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) on a farm in the Gobabis district in Namibia. The mode of infection was believed to be a freshly shot baboon (Papio ursinus) with a cutaneous anthrax lesion.

Bacillus anthracis, anthrax, cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, baboon, Papio ursinus
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