Table 2.
Causes of death in 125 prairie dogs in Colorado from 2009 to 2018.
| Cause of Death | # | G a | BT b | WT c | TL d | GPDRV e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thymic lymphoma only | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bacterial | 54 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| Plague | 49 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Tularemia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Other bacteremia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trauma | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Capture related | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Environmental | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intraspecific aggression | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Euthanized for disease concern | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Undetermined | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
a G Gunnison’s prairie dog. b BT black-tailed prairie dog. c WT white-tailed prairie dog. d TL thymic lymphoma. e GPDRV Gunnison’s prairie dog retrovirus.