Plague Surveillance by Serological Testing of Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Los Angeles County, California

Chinwe U. Thomas; P. Eric Hughes

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-28.4.610

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1 October 1992 Plague Surveillance by Serological Testing of Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Los Angeles County, California

Chinwe U. Thomas, P. Eric Hughes

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 28(4):610-613 (1992). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.4.610

Abstract

Sera from 19 (5.6%) of 338 coyotes (Canis latrans) collected in Los Angeles County, California between 1986 and 1990 had antibodies against Yersinia pestis using the passive hemagglutination test. Coyotes were excellent sentinels of plague activity in Los Angeles County. Enzootic plague declined dramatically in the county during the 5-yr period.

Thomas and Hughes: Plague Surveillance by Serological Testing of Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Los Angeles County, California

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Chinwe U. Thomas and P. Eric Hughes "Plague Surveillance by Serological Testing of Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Los Angeles County, California," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 28(4), 610-613, (1 October 1992). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.4.610

Received: 21 August 1991; Published: 1 October 1992

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