Assembling a safe and effective toolbox for integrated flea control and plague mitigation: Fipronil experiments with prairie dogs

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 8; p. e0272419
• Main Authors: Eads, David, Livieri, Travis, Tretten, Tyler, Hughes, John, Kaczor, Nick, Halsell, Emily, Grassel, Shaun, Dobesh, Phillip, Childers, Eddie, Lucas, David, Noble, Lauren, Vasquez, Michele, Grady, Anna Catherine, Biggins, Dean
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 08.08.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Baits; Biology and Life Sciences; Colonies; Conservation; Cynomys; Deltamethrin; Dust; Evaluation; Experiments; Feces; Field tests; Fipronil; Fleas; Insecticide resistance; Insecticides; Laboratories; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mitigation; People and places; Pesticides; Plague; Prairie dogs; Predators; Prevention; Safety measures; Survival; Toxicity; Vectors; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife habitats; Zoonoses; United States; United States > US; North America; Colorado

Plague, a widely distributed zoonotic disease of mammalian hosts and flea vectors, poses a significant risk to ecosystems throughout much of Earth. Conservation biologists use insecticides for flea control and plague mitigation. Here, we evaluate the use of an insecticide grain bait, laced with 0.00...