Vaccine baits to protect prairie dogs against plague

A cardboard box holds peanut-butter flavored vaccine baits to protect prairie dogs against sylvatic plague, a non-native disease. The pellets are dyed blue so prairie dogs can see them easily. They look like blueberries.

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World Wildlife Fund/Conservation Media

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Peanut-butter flavored vaccine baits protect prairie dogs against sylvatic plague, a non-native disease. The pellets are dyed blue so prairie dogs can see them easily.

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Prairie

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Wildlife watching

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Mustela nigripes

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Animal health

Endangered and/or Threatened species

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Wildlife refuges

Wildlife restoration

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