Sylvatic plague is a disease spread by fleas. This disease can reduce a population of prairie dogs by 90 percent. If prairie dogs are dusted reguiarly with pesticides, what is most likely to happen to the prairie dog population?

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Yaretzi Sheppard

13 December, 10:09

Sylvatic plague is a disease spread by fleas. This disease can reduce a population of prairie dogs by 90 percent. If prairie dogs are dusted reguiarly with pesticides, what is most likely to happen to the prairie dog population?

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Will Franklin · Answer 1

Pesticides will enter inside the prairie dogs, and even will make it more prone to death,

Arturo Castaneda · Answer 2

Answer: It will harm prairie dog.

Explanation:

Pesticides are used to kill pests but it not meant to be used on dogs, though it will kill the pests on the dog's body. The pesticide will also harm the dogs population as it is toxic in nature.

Pesticide that would be dusted on the dog's population would be ingested by dogs and there are chances that dogs might die, not because of plague but due to pesticide.

If dogs are to be protected from fleas, there must be a proper vaccination for them because they will die early if pesticides will be used on them.