The Plague

[slick4591]

Fleas test positive for the Plague in Coconino, Navajo Counties

 

[Jogeephus]

Is this not fairly common? Reason I ask is I shot prairie dogs in Montana and was told not to handle the carcasses because they had fleas that carried something like the plague and it could make you real sick or even kill you.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

There was a segment on the Monster inside me,,,a little girl got bit by a flea...she wound up with bubonic plague...had doctors ready to pull their hair out..hadn't ever dealt with it before....

 

[Workinonit Farm]

:shock: :shock: :shock:

Ticks are bad enough.

I am reminded of the saying, something like; all things old, are new again. :frowns:

 

[slick4591]

I was thinking the plague had been eradicated which surprised me when I ran across that article.

 

[dun]

I was thinking the plague had been eradicated which surprised me when I ran across that article.

A camp ground that we stayed in when we hunted one part of the sierras in calfirnoa in the 70s had a sign to avoid the ground squirrels becuase of bubonic plague

 

[Jogeephus]

Seems like I remember reading where there was a plague on an indian reservation in the late 70's or early 80's where a lot of people got sick and died from something rodent fleas were carrying. I post a link if I can find it.

 

[Bright Raven]

I was thinking the plague had been eradicated which surprised me when I ran across that article.

No way. It is carried by a flea on rodents. Caused by the bacteria: Yersinia pestis.I hunted prairie dogs in Montana and Wyoming. They tell you not to handle the dogs or even hang out around their dens.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Is this not fairly common?

No, but it makes a great headline.

Tick borne diseases are much more common. Give the dogs a break, and shoot more deer! :banana:

 

[Jogeephus]

I was thinking the plague had been eradicated which surprised me when I ran across that article.

No way. It is carried by a flea on rodents. Caused by the bacteria: Yersinia pestis.I hunted prairie dogs in Montana and Wyoming. They tell you not to handle the dogs or even hang out around their dens.

You "hunted" prairie dogs or did you mean to say you shot prairie dogs? If not, tell me again about that African safari you went on and describe how tall the fence was in the enclosure. ;-) :lol: :lol:

 

[Bright Raven]

I was thinking the plague had been eradicated which surprised me when I ran across that article.

No way. It is carried by a flea on rodents. Caused by the bacteria: Yersinia pestis.I hunted prairie dogs in Montana and Wyoming. They tell you not to handle the dogs or even hang out around their dens.

You "hunted" prairie dogs or did you mean to say you shot prairie dogs? If not, tell me again about that African safari you went on and describe how tall the fence was in the enclosure. ;-) :lol: :lol:

Wrong word. Shot. Tons of them. Even went all the way across Montana to an area not far from where Oldtimer resides.

I avoided the fenced hunts! Down in the Zambezi valley and the Lowveld. Like the Africa of Clark Gable movies.

 

[Jogeephus]

Wrong word. Shot. Tons of them. Even went all the way across Montana to an area not far from where Oldtimer resides.

I avoided the fenced hunts! Down in the Zambezi valley and the Lowveld. Like the Africa of Clark Gable movies.

:lol2: :lol2: I thought you may have worded that wrong. I shot them in the same area. Never seen such a target rich environment. I'd like to do it again sometime. Great way to hone you marksmanship skills.

 

[dun]

Seems like I remember reading where there was a plague on an indian reservation in the late 70's or early 80's where a lot of people got sick and died from something rodent fleas were carrying. I post a link if I can find it.

What it was and it still at times rears it's ugly head, was hantavirus from the mouse feces/urine. The first time it showed up recently and people died from it in New Mexico was a wet year and the mouse population exploded.

 

[Bright Raven]

Seems like I remember reading where there was a plague on an indian reservation in the late 70's or early 80's where a lot of people got sick and died from something rodent fleas were carrying. I post a link if I can find it.

What it was and it still at times rears it's ugly head, was hantavirus from the mouse feces/urine. The first time it showed up recently and people died from it in New Mexico was a wet year and the mouse population exploded.

Yes. It infected some people on a reservation in Montana.

 

[cmay]

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVj1X ... oM.wrpZbk-

case a few years ago diagnosed by an old doctor here.

 

[Bestoutwest]

A couple of years ago we had this in the area. They were saying that if you found any dead rodents to call a number and they would test them. So, I found a dead rodent, called the number and they couldn't have given two hoots. Love government agencies sometimes....

 

[Dave]

Back when I was trapping coyotes they had people send in blood samples from the yotes. The were testing for the plague. I knew a guy who caught a couple that tested positive over around Yakima. That was back in the 80's.

 

[Highpoint]

Guess it would be time to get out the solvers silver. Some may be old enough to remember this but the saying was she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Our family u
Have used when a very strong antibiotic was needed and it worked.