FLEAS OF BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS (MUSTELA NIGRIPES) AND THEIR POTENTIAL ROLE IN THE MOVEMENT OF PLAGUE
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2017 at "Journal of Wildlife Diseases"
DOI: 10.7589/2016-09-202
Abstract: Abstract Sylvatic plague is one of the major impediments to the recovery of the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) because it decimates their primary prey species, prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.), and directly causes mortality in ferrets.… read more here.
Keywords: mustela nigripes; fleas collected; plague; pestis ... See more keywords