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BOULDER — A pet cat and a dead squirrel have tested positive for the plague, the Daily Camera reports.
The cat, which lived in the 2500 block of Sixth Street, tested positive for the bubonic plague after its owner took it into the Humane Society of Boulder Valley to be checked out by veterinarians, Boulder County health officials said. A dead squirrel found at the intersection of Eighth and Maxwell also tested positive for the plague. The cat was successfully treated with antibiotics.
Plague occurs naturally in Colorado and is an infectious disease spread by fleas to wild rodents and other small mammals.
