# Will Antrax vaccine made for livestock work on people?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-antrax-vaccine-made-for-livestock-work-on-people/88260>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 18, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-antrax-vaccine-made-for-livestock-work-on-people/88260 "2001-10-18T18:00:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-antrax-vaccine-made-for-livestock-work-on-people/88260/1 "2001-10-18T18:00:25Z")

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Why do I ask? Oh, no reason, just curious. Will it kill me or make me sick? Would it be effective?

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**Author:** ![Yeah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/dbc845/32.png) [@Yeah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeah)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-antrax-vaccine-made-for-livestock-work-on-people/88260/2 "2001-10-18T23:01:38Z")

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I have heard that the vaccine used in Russia to protect humans against anthrax is basically the same as the product use in veterninary medicine here in the U.S. I would expect that it would work but that it would have side effects.

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-antrax-vaccine-made-for-livestock-work-on-people/88260/3 "2001-10-19T03:44:31Z")

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The CDC is strongly advising against using veterinary anthrax vaccine for humans. I’ll look into why, but my guess is that you are more likely to have adverse events from such an immunization. What, really, are your chances of being infected with anthrax??