Mycoplasmosis in free-ranging desert tortoises in Utah and Arizona

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 839-842

  Dickinson, Vanessa M ^a,b   Schumacher, Isabella M ^b   Jarchow, James L ^c   Duck, Timothy ^d   Schwalbe, Cecil R ^e  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b Sonora Animal Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c Sonora Animal Hospital   (United States)

^d Saint George Field Office   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Desert tortoise; Gopherus agassizii; Mojave Desert; Mycoplasma agassizii; Sonoran Desert; Upper respiratory tract disease; Utah

Indexed keywords

GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGASSIZII; NEGIBACTERIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 33144458966     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.4.839     Document Type: Article

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