Cutaneous chytridiomycosis in poison dart frogs (Dendrobates spp.) and White's tree frogs (Litoria caerulea)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-199

  Pessier, Allan P ^a   Nichols, Donald K ^a   Longcore, Joyce E ^b   Fuller, Melvin S ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FROGS AND TOADS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0033091135     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879901100219     Document Type: Article

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