Ranavirus detection by PCR in cultured tadpoles (Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802) from South America

Aquaculture

Volumn 257, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 78-82

  Galli, Leonardo ^a   Pereira, Alfredo ^b   Márquez, Alejandro ^b   Mazzoni, Rolando ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b MGAP   (Uruguay)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Frog; Iridovirus; PCR; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

FROG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL DISEASE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

ANURA; IRIDOVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; MIRIDAE; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 33744491048     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.06.019     Document Type: Article

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