Wyoming man dies after battle with 'rabbit fever'
Cowley resident was longtime Big Horn County Extension educator
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CASPER (AP) — Five and a half weeks of hell.
That’s how Linda Schwope of Cowley described her husband’s battle with tularemia, a bacterial disease spread to humans by rodents and rabbits, as well as ticks and deer flies.
Michael Schwope, 74, died Aug. 16 after a 39-day struggle with the disease. Experts believe he may be the first person in Wyoming to die from tularemia this year.
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