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Health officials warn prairie-dog owners not to release them.
Byline: Marilynn Marchione
MILWAUKEE _ Health officials pleaded Monday with owners of prairie dogs and other exotic pets not to release them into the wild, where they could spread monkeypox to rabbits and squirrels and possibly give the virus a permanent foothold in the United States.
Officials also worried that house mice might be able to catch the illness from infected prairie dogs and spread it to wildlife.
"Until I know more about what the susceptible animals are ... house mice, field mice ... I'd certainly have concern about any rodents," said Wisconsin's chief medical officer, epidemiologist Jeffrey P. Davis. "We're talking about indoor environments and exterior environments."
Kurt Reed, the Marshfield Clinic microbiologist who first tentatively identified the virus, said: "What we don't want this to do is become endemic in North America. We…
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