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Eating 'Ouch-less' Vaccines Protects Prairie Dogs In The Lab Against Plague

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ScienceDaily (Aug. 5, 2009) — A new oral vaccine against sylvatic plague is showing significant promise in the laboratory as a way to protect prairie dogs and may eventually protect endangered black-footed ferrets who now get the disease by eating infected prairie dogs, according to results by a USGS researcher at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center. Sylvatic plague is an infectious bacterial disease usually transmitted from animal to animal by fleas. See also:Plants & AnimalsDogsVeterinary Med... (more)
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