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sylvatic plague [sil′vad·ik ′plāg] (veterinary medicine) Plague occurring in rodents; may be transmitted to humans. Also known as endemic rural plague. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The same authors also reported in an earlier study evidence of CHIKV-neutralizing antibodies in wild monkeys, a pig, and a chicken and suggested that a CHIKV sylvatic transmission cycle involving primates and possibly nonprimates exists in Malaysia. In Arizona, Gunnison's prairie dog populations have declined 98 percent, because of historic and current poisoning and shooting, sylvatic plague (which results in near 100 percent mortality) and habitat destruction. Blood tests from the cats and squirrels were taken this week after a cat caught at Rancho Mirage mobile-home park tested positive for sylvatic plague, which is endemic among ground squirrels in the San Gabriel and Tehachapi mountains. |
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