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Posted at: 07/06/2009 11:35 AM
By: Reed Upton, KOB.com
Plague confirmed in Santa Fe park, school
The Santa Fe Sheriff?s Office is warning people to avoid a Santa Fe park and an elementary school after rodents found in both locations tested positive for bubonic plague.
According to department spokeswoman Carla Lopez, a dead rock squirrel and a dead prairie dog found on the Nava Elementary School campus tested positive for plague while four prairie digs trapped and removed from Franklin Miles Park tested positive for plague.
All six animals have died.
Plague is transmitted by fleas and infected animals. The sheriff?s department is urging people to avoid both the school and the park and also to keep their pets from hunting where they may become infected.
Plague is curable if prompt medical attention is sought. The symptoms of plague include fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, weakness and sometimes tender and swollen lymph nodes.
Posted at: 07/06/2009 11:35 AM
By: Reed Upton, KOB.com
Plague confirmed in Santa Fe park, school
The Santa Fe Sheriff?s Office is warning people to avoid a Santa Fe park and an elementary school after rodents found in both locations tested positive for bubonic plague.
According to department spokeswoman Carla Lopez, a dead rock squirrel and a dead prairie dog found on the Nava Elementary School campus tested positive for plague while four prairie digs trapped and removed from Franklin Miles Park tested positive for plague.
All six animals have died.
Plague is transmitted by fleas and infected animals. The sheriff?s department is urging people to avoid both the school and the park and also to keep their pets from hunting where they may become infected.
Plague is curable if prompt medical attention is sought. The symptoms of plague include fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, weakness and sometimes tender and swollen lymph nodes.