Possible modes of dissemination of the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the environment

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-186

  Johnson, Megan L ^a   Speare, Richard ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian chytrid; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Feathers; Soil; Translocation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 23744464442     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao065181     Document Type: Article

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