White-spot disease of Chinese soft-shelled turtles (Trionyx sinens) caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 578-581

  Li, Xiao Liang ^a   Zhang, Chu Long ^a   Fang, Wei Huan ^a   Lin, Fu Cheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese soft shelled turtles; Paecilomyces lilacinus; White spot disease; Zhejiang

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN DEFECT; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; PAECILOMYCES; TURTLES;

PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE; TRIONYX;

EID: 46949084391     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0720009     Document Type: Article

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