NMDOH confirms plague in three animals
Precautions urged as year's first cases reported
Updated: Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011, 11:06 AM MDT
Published : Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011, 11:06 AM MDT
SANTA FE (KRQE) - Two dogs in Santa Fe County and a cat near Abiqui? in Rio Arriba County have been confirmed to have plague, the New Mexico Department of Health reported Wednesday.
NMDOH released this statement:
The New Mexico Department of Health?s Scientific Laboratory Division confirmed plague this week in a dog that lives in Santa Fe County, just east of the Santa Fe city limits. Other confirmed animal plague cases include a dog from Santa Fe County just west of the Santa Fe city limits and a cat from Rio Arriba County near Abiqui?.
The cases are the first in New Mexico in 2011. All cases have recovered and no human plague cases have been confirmed.
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Precautions urged as year's first cases reported
Updated: Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011, 11:06 AM MDT
Published : Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011, 11:06 AM MDT
SANTA FE (KRQE) - Two dogs in Santa Fe County and a cat near Abiqui? in Rio Arriba County have been confirmed to have plague, the New Mexico Department of Health reported Wednesday.
NMDOH released this statement:
The New Mexico Department of Health?s Scientific Laboratory Division confirmed plague this week in a dog that lives in Santa Fe County, just east of the Santa Fe city limits. Other confirmed animal plague cases include a dog from Santa Fe County just west of the Santa Fe city limits and a cat from Rio Arriba County near Abiqui?.
The cases are the first in New Mexico in 2011. All cases have recovered and no human plague cases have been confirmed.
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