Colorado Department of Agriculture
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Controlling Prarie Dogs

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This is an image of a prairie dog

The  Rodent and Predator Control Section provides training, services, and supplies to private citizens and local, state, and federal officials to control vertebrate pests.

 

Mike Threlkeld

Program Manager

 

A blood smear containing Yersinia pestis plague bacteria

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Plague is transmitted to people through flea bite and direct contact with infected animals. Each rodent species is host to one or more species of fleas which, when infected, are carriers.