Glanders, A New Vision on an Old Biological Weapon

Death of one imported tiger from Russia in Tehran Eram zoological garden in winter of 2010 from Glanders opened the new series of discussion about this old zoonosis. After this incident, all the lions of the zoo were euthanized due to the probable contamination with glanders.

In present systematic review manuscript, several scientific data banks and websites including ISI, Scopus, Medline, Embase, OIE, CDC, WHO, SID and MAGIRAN had been searched. Also all the books, journals and available congress proceedings in libraries were searched about this issue.

As if many epidermis and also zoonotic and infectious diseases may be a biological threat, so having a good knowledge of these kinds of diseses is a necessity for all physicians, veterinarians and public health staffs especially whom they work in Armed Forces.

Collaboration between Iran Veterinary Organization (IVO), Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) and Armed Forces is necessary for controlling the probable biological threat like glanders.