Sylvatic plague vaccine: combating plague in prairie dogs and black-footed ferrets
The Wildlife Professional
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Abstract
After achieving promising results in laboratory trials, researchers at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) and University of Wisconsin at Madison will soon begin field testing a new oral vaccine for sylvatic plague, a devastating disease affecting prairie dogs and other mammals, particularly the endangered black-footed ferret. Our team has developed and is currently registering a sylvatic plague vaccine (SPV) that uses raccoon poxvirus (RCN) to express two key antigens of the Yersinia pestis bacterium, the causative agent of plague.
Suggested Citation
Rocke, T.E., Abbott, R.C., 2012, Sylvatic plague vaccine: combating plague in prairie dogs and black-footed ferrets: The Wildlife Professional, v. 6, no. 1, p. 50-53.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Sylvatic plague vaccine: combating plague in prairie dogs and black-footed ferrets |
| Series title | The Wildlife Professional |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Wildlife Society |
| Publisher location | Bethesda, MD |
| Contributing office(s) | National Wildlife Health Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 50 |
| Last page | 53 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |