Bacterial pathogens isolated from cultured bullfrogs (Rana castesbeiana)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 431-433

  Mauel, Michael J ^a   Miller, Debra L ^a   Frazier, Kendall S ^a   Hines II, Murray E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; FROGS AND TOADS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 1842844148     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870201400515     Document Type: Article

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