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Colorado Cat Tests Positive for Bubonic Plague
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| 6/8/11
Posted on 06/08/2011 11:42:42 AM PDT by EBH
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To: swain_forkbeard
The will get a lot better after a couple of thousand die.
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posted on
06/08/2011 12:46:45 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
To: EBH
{{{gong}}} BRING OUT YOUR DEAD {{{gong}}}
To: EBH
Send the thing to Pelosis district.
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posted on
06/08/2011 1:00:03 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
( November 4 2008 ,A date which will live in Infamy.)
To: TheOldLady
That’s what I took from this story too :)
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posted on
06/08/2011 1:00:32 PM PDT
by
Fawn
(No--bama 2012)
To: TheOldLady
That’s what I took from this story too :)
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posted on
06/08/2011 1:00:50 PM PDT
by
Fawn
(No--bama 2012)
To: Slings and Arrows; Fawn
Here is a map showing the states that have bubonic plague:
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posted on
06/08/2011 1:12:14 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: EBH
All through the 4 corners area plague is common. The Navahos and other tribes have had to deal with it for a long time. It runs in cycles.
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posted on
06/08/2011 1:18:44 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: EBH; Slings and Arrows; Lady Jag
* blargh *
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posted on
06/08/2011 1:38:59 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(poor kitteh < |:(~)
To: US Navy Vet
Y. pestis can be found in a lot more places than you think. Of course the local health department needs to be on the lookout for it, but it is not a cause for alarm until you see several people get sick.
Rodent control is of major importance as they are reservoirs for the disease. Get rid of the rodents, you break the infectious cycle.
There were only about 110 documented cases of it in the US from 1990 to 2005 (CDC figures); that's only about 7 per year nationwide.
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posted on
06/08/2011 2:02:25 PM PDT
by
NWFLConservative
(Game On!.................Saracuda 2012)
To: swain_forkbeard
Symptoms of plague include high fever (102º+), moderate to severe dehydration, swollen, tender and hot lymph nodes and malaise. If you present to your doctor or especially the ER with these symptoms, you can rest assured that blood cultures will be drawn and sent to the MB lab for C&S (Culture and Sensitivity). Y. pestis cultures well and quickly and you cannot mistake the "safety pin" appearance under the scope when the slides are stained with Wayson Stain.
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posted on
06/08/2011 2:10:37 PM PDT
by
NWFLConservative
(Game On!.................Saracuda 2012)
To: EBH
I haven’t seen a flea in over 10 years here, at over 9,000 feet. ...hordes of prairie dogs, though.
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posted on
06/08/2011 2:14:04 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
06/08/2011 2:32:47 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: NWFLConservative
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posted on
06/08/2011 2:42:58 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: TheOldLady
See the small brown spot in the center of NM? That’s Slim territory. We’ve had a cat on my road test positive, and a lady a mile away or so die last year from the plague.
Just part of the joys of NM mountain living.
To: Tijeras_Slim
Goodness gracious, Slim! Take good care of yourself. Too bad about the lady who passed away.
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posted on
06/08/2011 3:24:06 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: EBH
Keeping cats indoors is the best way to protect them from getting plague, Something I wish EVERY cat owner understood not only for the cat's sake but for their own as well.
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posted on
06/08/2011 3:26:59 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
To: TheOldLady
I keep the place pretty rodent free. The main culprits are ground squirrels and the occasional prairie dog.
The main means of infection is outdoor cats finding these critters dead, or catching them. Then the cats bring the fleas inside.
Then there’s Hantavirus...
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
06/08/2011 3:41:37 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
06/08/2011 3:53:27 PM PDT
by
NWFLConservative
(Game On!.................Saracuda 2012)
To: Tijeras_Slim
The first time I heard that there was bubonic plague in the squirrel population in Pomona, CA, I was stunned. At the time, I had no idea that it was as widespread as the CDC map shows.
Fortunately, because of antibiotics, it’s not the killer it once was, but still. **”THE PLAGUE????”** !!!
Ew.
Yes, Hantavirus is quite a bit more serious since it’s usually fatal.
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posted on
06/08/2011 4:02:22 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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