Pyraperm kills fleas and halts plague among Utah prairie dogs

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 376-383

  Hoogland, John L ^a   Davis, Stacey ^a   Benson Amram, Sarah ^a   Labruna, Danielle ^a   Goossens, Brigitte ^a   Hoogland, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS PARVIDENS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 4544261292     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0376:PKFAHP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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