| ticks (acari: ixodidae) collected from small and medium-sized kansas mammals. | seven species of hard-bodied ticks were collected from 20 species of small and medium-sized mammals in kansas; amblyomma americanum l., dermacentor variabilis (say), haemaphysalis leporispalustris (packard), ixodes cookei packard, i. kingi bishopp, i. sculptus neumann, and i. texanus banks. dermacentor variabilis was found statewide, a. americanum only in the eastern one-third of the state, and the ixodes spp. and h. leporispalustris were widely scattered. the most common tick found was d. varia ... | 1994 | 8057327 |
| intoxication of nontarget wildlife with rodenticides in northwestern kansas. | the perception of prairie dogs (cynomys spp.) both as a nuisance species and a keystone species presents a significant challenge to land, livestock, and wildlife managers. anticoagulant and nonanticoagulant rodenticides are commonly employed to control prairie dog populations throughout their range. chlorophacinone, and to a lesser extent zinc phosphide, are widely used in northwestern kansas for controlling black-tailed prairie dog (cynomys ludovicianus) populations. although zinc phosphide poi ... | 2011 | 21270011 |