An epizootic of cutaneous fibropapillomas in green turtles chelonia mydas of the caribbean: Part of a panzootic?

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 70-78

  Williams, Ernest H ^a   Bunkley Williams, Lucy ^a   Peters, Esther C ^b   Pinto Rodriguez, Benito ^c   Matos Morales, Robert ^c   Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio A ^a   Hall, Kathleen V ^c,f   Rueda Almonacid, José Vicente ^c   Sybesma, Jeffrey ^d   Calventi, Idelisa Bonnelly De ^c   Boulon, Ralf H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c Puerto de Commonwealth of Puerta Rico ^*  (United States)

^d Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ^*  (Netherlands Antilles)

^e Division of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^f Netherlands Antilles National Parks Foundation ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0028079281     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8667(1994)006<0070:AEOCFI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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