Mortality of captive Canadian toads from Basidiobolus ranarum mycotic dermatitis

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-69

  Taylor, Sharon K ^a,b   Williams, Elizabeth S ^a   Mills, Kenneth W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Basidiobolus ranarum; Bufo hemiophrys; Canadian toad; Mortality; Mycotic dermatitis; Red leg

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOBOLUS RANARUM; BUFO HEMIOPHRYS; FUNGI; HEMIOPHRYS; SPHERULES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; TOAD; UNITED STATES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; MALE; NORTH DAKOTA; SKIN; ZYGOMYCOSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032603201     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.64     Document Type: Article

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