Cutaneous pythiosis insidiosi in calves from the Pantanal region of Brazil

Mycopathologia

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 123-125

  Santurio, Janio Morais ^a   Monteiro, Adriana Bardemaker ^a   Leal, Alexandre Trindade ^a   Kommers, Glaucia Denise ^a   Silva De Sousa, Renato ^a   Catto, João Batista ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cattle disease; Cutaneous pythiosis; Pythium insidiosum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PYTHIUM; SKIN ULCER;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; MALE; PYTHIUM; SKIN ULCER;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OOMYCETES; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM;

EID: 0031688382     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006995407665     Document Type: Article

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