Giant toads Bufo marinus in Australia and Venezuela have antibodies against 'ranaviruses'

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Zupanovic, Z ^a   Lopez, G ^b   Hyatt, A D ^a   Green, B ^a   Bartran, G ^a   Parkes, H ^a   Whittington, R J ^c   Speare, R ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bufo marinus; Giant toads; Ranaviruses; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IRIDOVIRUS; TOAD; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANTIBODY; GIANT TOAD; RANAVIRUS; SEROLOGICAL SURVEY;

AUSTRALIA; VENEZUELA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; IRIDOVIRUS; RANAVIRUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0032568125     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao032001     Document Type: Article

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