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Plague positive mouse fleas on mice prior to plague outbreaks in black-tailed and white-tailed prairie dogs In 2013, a large blinded, paired placebo-controlled field trial for the prairie dog oral sylvatic plague vaccine started in the Western US. On 17 paired plots, vaccine and placebo plots, small rodents were trapped annually for 3-5 consecutive nights (when weather allowed) and high elevation Utah plots where plague was active were more frequently trapped in 2014 and 2015. In the dataset the prevalence of flea infestation was recorded for the first annual summer sampling, it was summarized for all small rodent species caught and deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Infestations were either for all flea species collected or for Aetheca wagneri only (our most abundant flea species). We used this data to assess if plague... Categories: Data; Tags: Montana, Northern grasshopper mice, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, All tags... Wildlife Disease, Wyoming, Yersinia pestis, biota, deer mice, fleas, mice, plague, Fewer tags Mouse predation on Laysan albatross Invasive rodents on islands have adverse impacts on native birds in island ecosystems, and rats are the most common culprits. Recently, house mice (Mus musculus) in the South Atlantic were found preying on three species of albatross chicks. Here, we show that house mice can also prey on nesting adult Laysan albatross (Phoebastrea immutabilis) on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (USA). In contrast to mouse attacks on albatross in the South Atlantic where mice targeted the rump and crown of chicks, on Midway, mice targeted nesting adults mainly on the back. For both regions, the outcome was similar with reduced nesting success. In the case of Midway, reduced nesting success was due to nest abandonment or mortality... Categories: Data; Tags: Laysan albatross, Midway Atoll, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-EMA-LOW-SB SMC: Seabirds, biota, All tags... mice, predation, Fewer tags