Discovery of a novel alveolate pathogen affecting southern leopard frogs in Georgia: Description of the disease and host effects

EcoHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 310-317

  Davis, Andrew K ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Kevin Keel, M ^a   Maerz, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolate pathogen; Amphibian disease; Rana sphenocephala; Southern leopard frogs

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENLARGED ABDOMEN; EUKARYOTIC SPORE; INFECTION; LIVER EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; TADPOLE; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; EUKARYOTA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PERKINSUS; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 35148895886     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0115-3     Document Type: Article

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