Nebraska Academy of Sciences

 

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Date of this Version

1992

Document Type

Article

Citation

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences (1992) XIX: 49-55

Comments

Copyright © 1992, Virchow, Kramer, Brown, Hygnstrom, and Barnes. Used by permission

Abstract

In September, 1992, plague (Yersinia pestis) antibody was found in the blood of a coyote (Canis latrans) (1:128 titer) and a badger (Taxidea taxus) (1:2048 titer) taken near a suspect black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) town in Sioux County. However, a 1989-1991 survey of 96 coyotes taken from nine Nebraska Panhandle counties demonstrated no plague antibodies. Passive hemagglutination tests of Nobuto blood-sampling paper proved useful to quickly survey a predator population that is distributed across a broad geographic area.

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