Reluctant to dive: Coelomic effusion in a frog

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-344

  Tarigo, Jaime ^a   Linder, Keith ^a   Neel, Jennifer ^a   Harvey, Stephen ^a,b   Remick, Amera ^a   Grindem, Carol ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Amphibian; Cytology; Mycobacteriosis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; POSIBACTERIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING AND LABELING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33750693063     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2006.tb00145.x     Document Type: Article

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