Enzootic plague reduces black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) survival in montana

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-35

  Matchett, Marc R ^a   Biggins, Dean E ^b   Carlson, Valerie ^c   Powell, Bradford ^d   Rocke, Tonie ^e  

^a Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black footed ferrets; Black tailed prairie dogs; Cynomys ludoviscianus; Deltamethrin; Enzootic; F1 V fusion protein plague vaccine; Mustela nigripes; Plague; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FERRET; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; FERRETS; FLEAS; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MONTANA; PLAGUE; PLAGUE VACCINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCIURIDAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 77249144857     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0053     Document Type: Article

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