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A bacterium common to farm animals is threatening the Arctic’s muskoxen

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is linked to recent die-offs.

By Yereth Rosen June 2, 2020
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Muskoxen, shaggy-haired Arctic survivors of the Pleistocene era, have faced a lot of challenges since the end of the last Ice Age.

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