Chytridiomycosis in the Central American bolitoglossine salamander (Bolitoglossa dofleini)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 153-

  Pasmans, F ^a   Zwart, P ^b   Hyatt, A D ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; SALAMANDER;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BOLITOGLOSSA DOFLEINI; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 1142299425     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.154.5.153     Document Type: Article

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