Diagnostic and molecular evaluation of three iridovirus-associated salamander mortality events

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 556-566

  Docherty, Douglas E ^a   Meteyer, Carol U ^a   Wang, Jun ^b   Mao, Jinghe ^b   Case, Steven T ^c   Chinchar, V Gregory ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Ambystoma tigrinum diaboli; Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum; Amphibian decline; Amphibian mortality events; Iridovirus; Molecular characterization; Pathology; Ranavirus; Spotted salamander; Tiger salamander

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM DIABOLI; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM MELANOSTICTUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAUDATA; FROG VIRUS 3; IRIDOVIRUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 3042567314     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.3.556     Document Type: Article

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