Fatal adiaspiromycosis in a wild Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 239-241

  Simpson, V R ^a   Gavier Widen, D ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTRA LUTRA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CASE REPORT; CHRYSOSPORIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; LUNG MYCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHRYSOSPORIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; OTTERS;

EID: 0034718270     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.147.9.239     Document Type: Article

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