Retrospective pathology survey of green turtles Chelonia mydas with fibropapillomatosis in the Hawaiian Islands, 1993-2003

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 163-176

  Work, Thierry M ^a   Balazs, George H ^b   Rameyer, Robert A ^a   Morris, Robert A ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c Makai Animal Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Epizootiology; Fibropapillomatosis; Green turtle; Pathology

Indexed keywords

PATHOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHELONIA MYDAS; DIGENEA (FLUKES); HAWAIIA; MYDAS; TESTUDINES; TREMATODA;

EID: 11144233081     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao062163     Document Type: Review

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