Plague is a significant source of mortality in pumas in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
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Last month, a study in the journal, Environmental Conservation, researchers revealed that the agent of plague, Yersinia pestis, isn't very uncommon among big cats in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. According to the study abstract: We tested for plague (Yersinia pestis) in a puma population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) over 9 years, overlapping a case ["]
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