Ichthyophonus-like infection in wild amphibians from Quebec, Canada

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-201

  Mikaelian, Igor ^a,e   Ouellet, Martin ^b   Pauli, Bruce ^c   Rodrigue, Jean ^c   Harshbarger, John C ^d   Green, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anuran; Eukaryotic protist; Ichthyophonosis; Pathology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CANADA; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; ICHTHYOPHONOSIS; MYOSITIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORE; WILD RELATIVE;

AMPHIBIAN; FUNGAL DISEASE;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

ICHTHYOPHONUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA PALUSTRIS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 0034690222     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao040195     Document Type: Article

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