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Plague in prairie dogs near Denver

October 13, 2010January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Hundreds of prairie dogs are suspected to have died from plague in Broomfield, Colorado. Prairie dogs are extremely sensitive to plague and die-offs are not uncommon. Despite the scary nature of some of the headlines, the organism that causes plague, Yersinia pestis, is found throughout the western US. Earlier this year, a California park was closed after a plague-infected squirrel was discovered.

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