Date of Award
2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Biology
Abstract
As temperatures continue to disproportionally increase in alpine regions due to climate change, parasite spillover from increased pika-rodent contact could bring new diseases to a susceptible alpine specialist, the American pika (Ochotona princeps). Fleas collected from pika at four alpine and subalpine study sites in Boulder County, Colorado from 2011-2017 were screened for Y. pestis and Bartonella using conventional PCR methods. This is the first study to detect Bartonella in the American Pika flea Ctenophyllus armatus terribilis and to propose the presence of B. grahmii in the alpine region of the Rocky Mountains.
Recommended Citation
Rinsland, Hilary, "Bartonella and Y. pestis screening in ctenophyllus armatus terribilis for conservation application for the America pika (ochotona princeps) in the Rocky Mountain front range" (2018). Honors Theses. 1341.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/1341