Plague in prairie dogs: Oral vaccine reduces outbreaks in colonies

Prairie dogs in the wild are less likely to succumb to plague after they ingest peanut-butter-flavored bait that contains a vaccine against the disease, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study published yesterday in the journal EcoHealth. In an effort to increase populations of endangered black-footed ferrets and conserve the prairie dogs they rely on for ["]

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