Isolation of Malassezia pachydermatis from the skin of captive rhinoceroses

Veterinary Record

Volumn 153, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 404-405

  Wesche, P ^a,b   Bond, R ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Greendale Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INCUBATION TIME; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; NONHUMAN; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FLORA; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; RHINOCEROTIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 0141953836     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.153.13.404     Document Type: Article

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