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Nevada fighting to keep HEALTH

'zombie deer' from DOCTOR ON DUTY

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Peregrine Wolff, a Nevada Centers for Disease Con- Noord 527 3200
Department of Wildlife vet- trol's Emerging Infectious Sta. Cruz 527 2900
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testing dead animals and two captive mule deer Police Tipline 11141
monitoring migratory elk populations were infected Ambulancia 911
and deer at the state line with the disease in sepa- Fire Dept. 115
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Red Cross
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sickness. had infected animals in TAXI SERVICES
Nevada legislators also them about two years.q Taxi Tas 587 5900
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