Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Date of this Version
1992
Document Type
Article
Citation
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences (1992) XIX: 49-55
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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Copyright © 1992, Virchow, Kramer, Brown, Hygnstrom, and Barnes. Used by permission