Prevalence and histopathology of shell disease in turtles from Lake Blackshear, Georgia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-265

  Lovich, Jeffrey E ^a,e   Gotte, Steve W ^b   Ernst, Carl H ^c   Harshbarger, John C ^d   Laemmerzahl, Arndt F ^c   Gibbons, J Whitfield ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Osteitis; Pseudemys concinna; Shell disease; Trachemys scripta; Turtle

Indexed keywords

PSEUDEMYS CONCINNA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DISEASE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SKIN; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; NECROSIS; PREVALENCE; SKIN; TURTLES;

EID: 0030118143     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.259     Document Type: Article

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