State bioterror monitoring expanded to animals
By Warren King
Seattle Times medical reporter
State health officials are expanding their early warning system for a bioterrorist attack by employing the help of rabbits, squirrels, mice and other critters.
As part of the state's biological-warfare defense, state veterinarians recently began monitoring unusual small-animal deaths for evidence of tularemia, plague or other diseases that could be caused by lethal agents.
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