First report of chytridiomycosis in a dying toad (Anura: Bufonidae) from Cuba: A new conservation challenge for the island

EcoHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-175

  Díaz, Luis M ^a   Cádiz, Antonio ^b   Chong, Agustín ^c   Silva, Alejandro ^d  

^a Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c HOSPITAL CLINICOQUIRÚRGICO HERMANOS AMEIJEIRAS   (Cuba)

^d Empresa de Gestión del Conocimiento Y la Tecnología GECYT   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Bufo longinasus; Cuba

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CUBA; FROGS AND TOADS; FUNGAL DETECTION; HISTOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO LONGINASUS; BUFONIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 34447127467     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0094-4     Document Type: Article

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