| 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. |
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| ProdID: | 70037901 |
| Citation Author: | Rocke, Tonie E.; Abbott, Rachel C. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | National Wildlife Health Center |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | The Wildlife Professional |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Sylvatic plague vaccine: combating plague in prarie dogs and black-footed ferrets; 2012; Article; Journal; The Wildlife Professional; Rocke, Tonie E.; Abbott, Rachel C. |
| Citation Start Page: | 50 |
| Citation Volume: | 6 |
| Citation Year: | 2012 |
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| Text: | Sylvatic plague vaccine: combating plague in prarie dogs and black-footed ferrets; 2012; Article; Journal; The Wildlife Professional; Rocke, Tonie E.; Abbott, Rachel C. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://issuu.com/the-wildlife-professional/docs/disease.package |
| Date Other: | Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:56 -0500 |
| Publisher: | The Wildlife Society |
