Plague mitigation for prairie dog and black-footed ferret conservation: Degree and duration of flea control with 0.005% fipronil grain bait.

Sylvatic plague, a primarily flea-borne zoonosis, is a significant threat to prairie dogs ( spp., PDs) and their specialized predators, endangered black-footed ferrets (, BFFs). Host-fed fipronil baits have proven effective in controlling fleas on PDs for the purposes of plague mitigation and BFF conservation.