Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Plague, animal – USA (08): (ID) domestic cat, ground squirrel
PRO/AH/EDR> Plague, animal – USA (08): (ID) domestic cat, ground squirrel
Plague -- United StatesKassem AM, Tengelsen L, Atkins B, et al: In May 2015, _Yersinia pestis_, the bacterium that causes plague, was identified in dead Piute ground squirrels (_Urocitellus mollis_) reported through the Idaho Department of Fish and Game's wildlife mortality monitoring program; in June 2015, the Idaho Division of Public Health (DPH) sent an advisory to veterinarians in 4 southwestern Idaho counties requesting that they notify their local public health officials of suspected plague Read more [...]
