| Birds that contract avian botulism lose involuntary muscle control, including eyelid function, have clenched feet, and can't hold up their heads. |
| They also suggest that the drug could be mass-produced and stockpiled as a deterrent to the use of botulism toxin, or botulin, as a weapon. |
| In some cases when food is uncooked, unpreserved, and no oxygen is present, anaerobic bacteria, like the one that causes botulism, can flourish. |
| Other infectious diseases that pose a threat include plague, tularemia, botulism and tuberculosis. |
| Infectious disease experts say that the agents of greatest concern are the germs that cause anthrax, smallpox, plague, botulism and tularemia. |
| The minister identified plague, ebola, smallpox, anthrax, tularaemia and botulism as the main biological threats. |
