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The fifth cougar to succumb to the plague in recent years was found at the southern end of Grand Teton National Park in recent days. The female cat was known in the area of Jackson, Wyoming for wandering around the region. The 6 year old cat found by biologists was tagged with a global positioning system collar. The plague is naturally occurring in the area. Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. It is found in animals throughout the world, most commonly rats but other rodents like ground squirrels, prairie dogs, chipmunks, rabbits and voles. Fleas typically serve as the vector of plague. People can also get infected through direct contact with an infected animal, through inhalation and in the case of pneumonic plague, person to person.
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The fifth cougar to succumb to the plague in recent years was found at the southern end of Grand Teton National Park in recent days. The female cat was known in the area of Jackson, Wyoming for wandering around the region. The 6 year old cat found by biologists was tagged with a global positioning system collar. The plague is naturally occurring in the area. Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. It is found in animals throughout the world, most commonly rats but other rodents like ground squirrels, prairie dogs, chipmunks, rabbits and voles. Fleas typically serve as the vector of plague. People can also get infected through direct contact with an infected animal, through inhalation and in the case of pneumonic plague, person to person. -
Re: Another cougar found dead of plague in Wyoming
Archive Number 20100208.0429
Published Date 08-FEB-2010
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Plague, cougar - USA (WY)
PLAGUE, COUGAR - USA (WYOMING)
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Date: 13 Jan 2010
Source: Examiner.com [edited]
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The 5th cougar [actually the 6th. - Mod.MHJ] to succumb to the plague
in recent years was found at the southern end of Grand Teton National
Park in recent days.
The female cat was known in the area of Jackson, Wyoming for
wandering around the region. The 6-year-old cat found by biologists
had been tagged with a global positioning system collar.
The plague is naturally occurring in the area.
Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium _Yersinia
pestis_. It is found in animals throughout the world, most commonly
in rats but also in other rodents like ground squirrels, prairie
dogs, chipmunks, rabbits and voles. Fleas typically serve as the
vector of plague.
People can also get infected through direct contact with an infected
animal, through inhalation, and, in the case of pneumonic plague,
person to person.
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[Felines, domestic and wild, pick up this infection in Wyoming from
sick ground squirrels and prairie dogs, which burns through these
underground communities. Domestic cats can bring it into the house,
so owners need to be on the alert.
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