Phaeohyphomycosis in a free-living eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 883-888

  Joyner, Priscilla H ^a   Shreve, Allison A ^a,d   Spahr, John ^b   Fountain, Andrea L ^c   Sleeman, Jonathan M ^a,e  

^a The Wildlife Center of Virginia   (United States)

^b Blue Ridge Pathologists   (United States)

^c Augusta Medical Center   (United States)

^d VCA Tampa Bay Animal Clinic   (United States)

^e Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern box turtle; Exophiala jeanselmei; Mycosis; Phaeohyphomycosis; Terrapene carolina carolina

Indexed keywords

EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA JEANSELMEI; FUNGI; REPTILIA; TERRAPENE CAROLINA; TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846936521     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.4.883     Document Type: Article

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