Seroepidemiology of upper respiratory tract disease in the desert tortoise in the western Mojave desert of California

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 716-727

  Brown, Mary B ^a   Berry, Kristin H ^b   Schumacher, Isabella M ^c   Nagy, Kenneth A ^d   Christopher, Mary M ^e   Klein, Paul A ^c  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gopherus agassizii; Mycoplasma agassizii; Serology; Upper respiratory tract disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; POPULATION DENSITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TURTLES;

EID: 0033203557     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.4.716     Document Type: Article

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