Lobomycosis in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins from the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-108

  Reif, John S ^a,b   Mazzoil, Marilyn S ^a   McCulloch, Stephen D ^a   Varela, Rene A ^a   Goldstein, Juli D ^a   Fair, Patricia A ^c   Bossart, Gregory D ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOLPHIN; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIC; ESTUARY; LACAZIA LOBOI; LAGOON; LOBOMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; MALE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH CAROLINA;

ANIMALIA; LACAZIA LOBOI; TURSIOPS;

EID: 29844449654     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.1.104     Document Type: Article

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