SUSCEPTIBILITY TO YERSINIA PESTIS IN THE NORTHERN GRASSHOPPER MOUSE (ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER)

R. E. Thomas; A. M. Barnes; T. J. Quan; M. L. Beard; L. G. Carter; C. E. Hopla

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-24.2.327

How to translate text using browser tools

1 April 1988 SUSCEPTIBILITY TO YERSINIA PESTIS IN THE NORTHERN GRASSHOPPER MOUSE (ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER)

R. E. Thomas, A. M. Barnes, T. J. Quan, M. L. Beard, L. G. Carter, C. E. Hopla

Author Affiliations +

J. of Wildlife Diseases, 24(2):327-333 (1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.2.327

Abstract

The laboratory-born progeny from two geographically distant populations of northern grasshopper mice (Onychomys leucogaster) were challenged with Yersinia pestis to determine their relative susceptibilities to plague. One of the O. leucogaster populations was associated with a known epizootic focus of the disease and was found to be nearly 2,000 times more resistant to mortality than were members of another population from an area historically free of plague. The ecology and omnivorous behavior of O. leucogaster appears to promote strong selection for resistance to plague in areas where they are naturally exposed.

Thomas, Barnes, Quan, Beard, Carter, and Hopla: SUSCEPTIBILITY TO YERSINIA PESTIS IN THE NORTHERN GRASSHOPPER MOUSE (ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER)

Citation Download Citation

R. E. Thomas, A. M. Barnes, T. J. Quan, M. L. Beard, L. G. Carter, and C. E. Hopla "SUSCEPTIBILITY TO YERSINIA PESTIS IN THE NORTHERN GRASSHOPPER MOUSE (ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 24(2), 327-333, (1 April 1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.2.327

Received: 19 August 1987; Published: 1 April 1988

Access the abstract

JOURNAL ARTICLE
7 PAGES

DOWNLOAD PAPER + SAVE TO MY LIBRARY