Saksenaea vasiformis and Apophysomyces elegans zygomycotic infections in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), a killer whale (Orcinus orca), and pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 356-366

  Robeck, T R ^a   Dalton, L M ^a  

^a Zoological Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal infection; Lagenorhynchus obliquidens; Liposomal nystatin; Marine mammal; Mucormycosis; Orcinus area; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; LIPOSOME; NYSTATIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DOLPHIN; FATALITY; FEMALE; LUNG; MUCORMYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; UNITED STATES; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BRAIN; DOLPHINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; LIPOSOMES; LUNG; MUCORMYCOSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NYSTATIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RECURRENCE; SKIN; TEXAS;

EID: 0038644821     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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