Santa Fe officials confirm rabbit infected with plague

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	Santa Fe officials confirm rabbit infected with plague

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4-4-2009 8:42 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1758ac1b-05f3-4a9e-9304-a5f6572f13b9/AEDBC01F-EFB2-45A5-B866-13101E0124A3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/rsoe-edis-usa-biological-hazard-20090404/" href="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/rsoe-edis-usa-biological-hazard-20090404/" style="font-size: 11px;">bleaknews.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/rsoe-edis-usa-biological-hazard-20090404/"><STRONG>Date & Time:</STRONG> 2009-04-04 03:04:53 [UTC]
<STRONG>Area:</STRONG> USA, State of New Mexico,  Santa Fe National Cemetery,  Santa Fe</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/rsoe-edis-usa-biological-hazard-20090404/"><STRONG>The name of Hazard:</STRONG> Plague (Susp. Animal)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/rsoe-edis-usa-biological-hazard-20090404/"><STRONG>Description:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/rsoe-edis-usa-biological-hazard-20090404/">State health officials say lab tests confirm plague in a rabbit found at a private residences about a half-mile from the Santa Fe National Cemetery.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/rsoe-edis-usa-biological-hazard-20090404/">The state Health Department says this is the first indication of plague activity in Santa Fe County this year.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/rsoe-edis-usa-biological-hazard-20090404/">The department has also investigated a case of plague in a dog near Ojo Caliente in Rio Arriba County in February. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/rsoe-edis-usa-biological-hazard-20090404/">Plague is generally transmitted to humans through the bites of infected fleas, but can also be transmitted by direct contact with infected animals, including rodents, rabbits and pets.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bleaknews.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/rsoe-edis-usa-biological-hazard-20090404/"> In New Mexico, there was one human case of plague last year in an Eddy County man who got the disease from hunting rabbits. There were five human plague cases with one fatality in 2007.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AEDBC01F-EFB2-45A5-B866-13101E0124A3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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