Survey for the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Hong Kong in native amphibians and in the international amphibian trade

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-95

  Rowley, Jodi J L ^a,c   Chan, Simon Kin Fung ^b   Wing, Sze Tang ^b   Speare, Richard ^a   Skerratt, Lee F ^a   Alford, Ross A ^a   Ka, Shing Cheung ^b   Ching, Yee Ho ^b   Campbell, Ruth ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices   (Hong Kong)

^c Conservation International Indo Burma ^*  (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Amphibian chytrid fungus; Asia; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; China; Chytridiomycosis; Disease; Frogs; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

AMOLOPS HONGKONGENSIS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; PAA; PAA SPINOSA; RANA CHLORONOTA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FROG; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; HONG KONG; MYCOSES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RANIDAE;

EID: 40749157985     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01861     Document Type: Review

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