A non-lethal technique for detecting the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on tadpoles

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-85

  Retallick, Richard W R ^a,c   Miera, Verma ^a   Richards, Kathryn L ^a,d   Field, Kimberleigh J ^b,e   Collins, James P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c School of Forestry and Environmental Studies ^*  (Australia)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Nevada Fish & Wildlife Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Detection; PCR; Tadpole; Technique

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; RANA SUBAQUAVOCALIS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33750173037     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao072077     Document Type: Article

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