To: Chgogal
"I thought it was the fleas on the rats that spread the disease? BINGO... Fleas it is.. The plague sometimes shows up in the American west.. the fleas on prairie dogs, I think.?
5 posted on
01/21/2023 7:24:20 AM PST by
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("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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Fleas. Zoonotic disease because fleas have no difficulty with infesting and biting transient hosts.
Side note, ivermectin kills fleas on a host. Just sayin’.
9 posted on
01/21/2023 7:29:39 AM PST by
drSteve78
(Je suis Deplorable STILL )
To: unread
“The plague sometimes shows up in the American west.. the fleas on prairie dogs, I think.?”
Rodents in general. Chipmunks are prolific carriers for some reason. Nebraska, four corners area.
Scientists studying bubonic plague routinely use Madagascar as a place for laboratory studies due to the high rate of transmission.
Bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system. There is a cure, but apparently eradication isn’t possible.
16 posted on
01/21/2023 7:44:29 AM PST by
Clutch Martin
("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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Ground squirrels are the primary host, I believe. Smaller and “rattier” than prairie dogs.
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel:
Prairie Dog:
18 posted on
01/21/2023 7:45:29 AM PST by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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62 posted on
01/21/2023 9:05:44 AM PST by
crz
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