Evaluation of Five Pulicides to Suppress Fleas on Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs: Encouraging Long-Term Results with Systemic 0.005% Fipronil

A. Eads, David; E. Biggins, Dean; Bowser, Jonathan; Broerman, Kristina; M. Livieri, Travis; Childers, Eddie; Dobesh, Phillip; L. Griebel, Randall

doi:10.1089/vbz.2018.2339

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Evaluation of Five Pulicides to Suppress Fleas on Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs: Encouraging Long-Term Results with Systemic 0.005% Fipronil

Published in Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases • Jan 8, 2019

Authors:

David A. Eads

Dean E. Biggins

Jonathan Bowser

Abstract

Plague, a flea-borne disease, hampers efforts to restore populations of black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes), which occupy colonies of prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) in North America. Plague is managed by infusing prairie dog burrows with DeltaDust® 0.05% deltamethrin, a pulicide that kills fleas. E...

Subject

Prairie dog

Cynomys ludovicianus

Fipronil

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