Infection of spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) with ichthyophonus-like organisms in Virginia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 174-176

  Ware, Joy L ^a   Viverette, Cathy ^b   Kleopfer, John D ^c   Pletcher, Leanna ^b   Massey, Davis ^a   Wright, Anne ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Ichthyophonus like organisms; Salamander disease

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ICHTHYOPHONUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ICHTHYOSPOREA; ICHTHYOSPOREA INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; MESOMYCETOZOEA; MESOMYCETOZOEA INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; VIRGINIA;

EID: 42449084941     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.1.174     Document Type: Article

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