VPP-0065
QUESTION
Failure of blood to clot and absence of rigor mortis are noticed in one of the following zoonotic diseases?
OPTIONS
(A) Rabies
(B) Anthrax
(C) Leptospirosis
(D) Tuberculosis
ANSWER
(B) Anthrax
EXPLANATION
Anthrax can cause severe septicemia with failure of normal clotting and delayed or absent rigor mortis, along with characteristic dark unclotted blood from body openings. Rabies, leptospirosis, and tuberculosis do not characteristically produce this combination. Thus, option B is correct.