1967 Annual summary review of Pasteurella pestis at Bryce Canyon NP
Olsen PF. 1967. 1967 Annual summary review of Pasteurella pestis at Bryce Canyon NP. Pages 37-53. In Olsen PF. A study of the ecology and epizoology of the native fauna of the Great Lake Desert
Rodents were captured in the visitor use areas of the park in 1967, for the third year. Data collected included rodent population composition, flea population composition, the flea infestations, rates of infestation and recommended actions to take in the future. Human-chipmunk interaction/contact is a high risk incidence in the visitor use areas. Bait-boxes laced with insecticide were set out beginning in 1967. No pre-treatment studies of flea indexes were conducted in areas where the control program was instituted for evaluation purposes, but some indication of the effectiveness was made as a result of the trapping efforts. The flea index on Uinta chipmunks was reduced by more than 50% in the areas compared between the 1965-1967 rodent collection studies.
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Authors
- Olsen, Peter
- Units
- BRCA
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Colorado Plateau, Disease, Fleas, hosts, Integrated Pest Management, Inventory, Mammals (Mammalia), Monitoring, Plague (Yersinia pestis), Resource Management, Rodent, Trapping, Uinta chipmunk (Tamias umbrinus)