Outbreak of tularemia among commercially distributed prairie dogs, 2002.
Tularemia has been identified recently as the cause of a die-off in captured wild prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) (Figure) at a commercial exotic animal distributor in Texas. The Texas Department of Health and CDC immediately notified all state health departments and are investigating the outbreak.
D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012589:Sciuridae; D014406:Tularemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*