The potential role of swift foxes (Vulpes velox) and their fleas in plague outbreaks in prairie-dogs

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-431

  Salkeld, Daniel J ^a,b,f   Eisen, Rebecca J ^c   Stapp, Paul ^a   Wilder, Aryn P ^d   Lowell, Jennifer ^c,d   Tripp, Daniel W ^d   Albertson, Doug ^e   Antolin, Michael F ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IUCN The World Conservation Union   (United States)

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

^d Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^e Badlands National Park   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore disease; Plague transmission; Swift fox; Vulpes velox; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; PULEX SIMULANS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); VULPES VELOX; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 34548358850     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.3.425     Document Type: Article

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