cell osis , ▁Q - f ever , ▁V EE , ▁and ▁bot ul ism . ▁In ▁addition ▁st ap hy loc oc cal ▁enter ot ox in ▁B ▁was ▁produced ▁as ▁an ▁in cap ac it ating ▁agent . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁agents ▁that ▁were ▁ready ▁to ▁be ▁used , ▁the ▁U . S . ▁program ▁conducted ▁research ▁into ▁the ▁weapon ization ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 0 ▁other ▁agents . ▁They ▁included : ▁small po x , ▁E EE ▁and ▁W EE , ▁A H F , ▁H ant av irus , ▁B H F , ▁L assa ▁fe ver , ▁Cor on av irus , ▁mel io idos is , ▁pl ague , ▁yellow ▁fe ver , ▁ps itt ac osis , ▁ty ph us , ▁den gue ▁fe ver , ▁R ift ▁Valley ▁fe ver ▁( R VF ), ▁CH IK V , ▁late ▁bl ight ▁of ▁pot ato , ▁r inder p est , ▁New castle ▁disease , ▁bird ▁flu , ▁and ▁the ▁to x in ▁ric in . ▁ ▁Besides ▁the ▁numerous ▁path og ens ▁that ▁aff lict ▁human ▁be ings , ▁the ▁U . S . ▁had ▁developed ▁an ▁ar sen al ▁of ▁anti - ag ric ulture ▁bi ological ▁agents . ▁These ▁included ▁r ye ▁stem ▁rust ▁sp ores ▁( st ored ▁at ▁Edge wood ▁Ar sen al , ▁ 1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 7 ), ▁whe at ▁stem ▁rust ▁sp ores ▁( st ored ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁facility ▁