Treatment of Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Burrows with Deltamethrin to Control Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) and Plague

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 718-722

  Seery, David B ^a,b   Biggins, Dean E ^a,c   Montenieri, John A ^a,d   Enscore, Russell E ^a,d   Tanda, Dale T ^a,e   Gage, Kenneth L ^a,d  

^a U States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e CO Dept Pub Hlth and the Environ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deltadust; Epizootic; Fleas; Insecticide; Plague; Prairie dogs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; INSECTA; OROPSYLLA HIRSUTA; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0242660912     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.5.718     Document Type: Article

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