Mountain chickens Leptodactylus fallax and sympatric amphibians appear to be disease free on Montserrat

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Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 398-401

  Garcia, Gerardo ^a   Cunningham, Andrew A ^b   Horton, Daniel L ^b   Garner, Trenton W J ^b   Hyatt, Alex ^c   Hengstberger, Sandra ^c   Lopez, Javier ^a   Ogrodowczyk, Agnieszka ^a   Fenton, Calvin ^d   Fa, John E ^a  

^a DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Montserrat Forestry Department   (Montserrat)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Caribbean; Chytridiomycosis; Leptodactylus fallax; Montserrat; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; SERUM; SKIN DISORDER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYMPATRY; VIRUS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO MARINUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS JOHNSTONEI; GALLUS GALLUS; IRIDOVIRUS; LEPTODACTYLUS FALLAX; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 35349005405     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307001012     Document Type: Article

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