Epistylididae ectoparasites in a colony of African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis)

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-91

  Pritchett, Kathleen R ^a,b   Sanders, George E ^b,c  

^a CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; MALACHITE GREEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; EPISTYLIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; SAPROLEGNIA; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; EPISTYLIS; SAPROLEGNIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; SAPROLEGNIA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 34249856988     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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