Altered in vitro immune responses in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapillomatosis

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 436-440

  Cray, Carolyn ^a   Varella, Rene ^b,d   Bossart, Gregory D ^a,c,d   Lutz, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Miami Seaquarium   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Fibropapillomatosis; Immune system; Mitogen; Reptile; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PAPILLOMA; SKIN TUMOR; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CONCANAVALIN A; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MITOGENS; PAPILLOMA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TURTLES;

EID: 0042200349     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0436:AIVIRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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