From National Cattlemen's Beef Association Safe handling of deadstock: 1. Do not open the body for inspection. Once exposed to air, anthrax changes from a vegetative state to spores. These can be carried on the wind or live in the soil for years.
2. Do not salvage hides, horns, antlers or any other tissue from the carcasses. Anthrax can survive, even if bones are bleached.
3. If possible, it is best to burn the carcass of the dead animal where it lies. If this is not reasonable, it should be buried in a pit 10-feet deep and covered with quick-lime.
4. If the animal was housed in a barn, burn the animalís bedding, manure and the surrounding soil. To disinfect panels, trailers or equipment, use an ammonia-based disinfectant labeled as effective for anthrax. Follow label directions to prevent respiratory irritation.
Although I was referring to all types of human anthrax, there has been inhalation anthrax cases in the US:
"This report presents the first case of cutaneous anthrax in the United States since 1992. In the United States, the annual incidence of human anthrax declined from approximately 200 cases in the early 1900s to no human cases since 1992. Although most cases reported in the United States have been cutaneous, 18 cases of inhalational anthrax were reported during the 20th century, most recently in 1976 (1). No cases of gastrointestinal anthrax have been reported in the United States."
The CDC is being more straightforward with SARS than the media, the Chinese and the liberals posting into SARS threads.