Ectoparasites in black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) from the largest reintroduced population of the Conata Basin, South Dakota, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 340-343

  Harris, Nyeema C ^a,c   Livieri, Travis M ^b   Dunn, Robert R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Prairie Wildlife Research Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coextinction; Diversity; Oropsylla hirsuta; Parasite; Plague; Prairie dog; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERRET; FLEA; FLEA INFESTATIONS; IXODES; PARASITOLOGY; TICK INFESTATIONS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; FERRETS; FLEA INFESTATIONS; IXODES; SIPHONAPTERA; SOUTH DAKOTA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84921425016     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-03-048     Document Type: Article

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