Sylvatic Plague Photo Gallery
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105023121im_/http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/sylvatic_plague/conatabasinthumb.jpg) Conata Basin, South Dakota.
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105023121im_/http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/sylvatic_plague/prairiedog3thumb.jpg) Prairie dog in Conata Basin.
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105023121im_/http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/sylvatic_plague/prairiedog2thumb.jpg) Prairie dog in Conata Basin.
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105023121im_/http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/sylvatic_plague/prairiedog4thumb.jpg) Prairie dog in Conata Basin.
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105023121im_/http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/sylvatic_plague/livetrapthumb.jpg) Live trap set to catch a black-footed ferret.
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105023121im_/http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/sylvatic_plague/ferretcagethumb.jpg) Black-footed ferret in a live trap.
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105023121im_/http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/sylvatic_plague/ferretcage4thumb.jpg) Black-footed ferret in a live trap.
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105023121im_/http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/sylvatic_plague/chrisferretthumb.jpg) USGS scientist Christopher Brand holding a live-caught black-footed ferret.
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105023121im_/http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/sylvatic_plague/ferretvaccinethumb.jpg) USGS scientist injects a vaccine into a black-footed ferret.
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105023121im_/http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/sylvatic_plague/bloodsamplethumb.jpg) Prairie Wildlife Research biologist examines a blood sample from a black-footed ferret.
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081105023121im_/http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/sylvatic_plague/burrowspraythumb.jpg) Fish and Wildlife Service scientist sprays a prairie dog burrow with insecticide to kill the fleas that carry plague.
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