Upper respiratory tract disease and mycoplasmosis in desert tortoises from Nevada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 759-765

  Lederle, Patrick E ^a   Rautenstrauch, Kurt R ^a   Rakestraw, Danny L ^a   Zander, Katherine K ^a   Boone, James L ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Desert tortoise; ELISA; Gopherus agassizii; Mycoplasma agassizii; Mycoplasmosis; Upper respiratory tract disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASON; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NEVADA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TURTLES;

EID: 0031241625     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.4.759     Document Type: Article

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