Mitigating plague risk in utah prairie dogs: Evaluation of a systemic flea-control product

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-175

  Jachowski, David S ^a   Brown, Nathanael L ^b,c   Wehtje, Morgan ^d   Tripp, Daniel W ^e   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^d   Gompper, Matthew E ^d  

^a South Dakota Ecological Services Field Office   (United States)

^b Utah Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^c Dixie National Forest   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomys parvidens; Flea control; Imidacloprid; Oropsylla, plague; Utah

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CANID; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLEA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE; PRAIRIE; RISK FACTOR;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS PARVIDENS; MAMMALIA; OROPSYLLA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84863637516     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.107     Document Type: Article

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