Mycotic dermatitis with digital gangrene and osteomyelitis, and protozoal intestinal parasitism in Marlborough green geckos (Naultinus manukanus)

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 363-367

  Gartrell, B D ^a   Hare, K M ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Enteric protozoa; Mucor; Nyctotherus; Reptile disease; Translocation; Trichomonas; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; LIZARD; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GANGRENE; LIZARDS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; MUCOR; MUCOR RAMOSISSIMUS; NYCTOTHERUS; PROTOZOA; REPTILIA; TRICHOMONAS;

EID: 27144459445     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2005.36577     Document Type: Article

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