Plague in a complex of white-tailed prairie dogs and associated small mammals in Wyoming

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 720-732

  Anderson, Stanley H ^a   Williams, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomys leucurus; Epizootiology; Fleas; Plague; Small mammals; White tailed prairie dog; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLEA; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAGOMORPH; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; PLAGUE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; INSECT VECTORS; LAGOMORPHA; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; PLAGUE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WYOMING; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0031243799     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.4.720     Document Type: Article

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