An outbreak of fungal dermatitis and stomatitis in a free-ranging population of pigmy rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius barbouri) in Florida

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 329-337

  Cheatwood, Joseph L ^a   Jacobson, Elliott R ^a   May, Peter G ^b   Farrell, Terence M ^b   Homer, Bruce L ^a   Samuelson, Don A ^a   Kimbrough, James W ^c  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Fungus; Mycotic dermatitis; Mycotic stomatitis; Pigmy rattlesnake; Sistrurus miliarius; Sporothrix schenckii

Indexed keywords

ASPERULA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CROTALUS; FUNGI; GALACTOMYCES; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES SP.; PESTALOTIA; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS MILIARIUS; SISTRURUS MILIARIUS BARBOURI; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 3042655005     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.2.329     Document Type: Article

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