Myxidium scripta n. sp. identified in urinary and biliary tract of Louisiana-farmed red-eared slider turtles Trachemys scripta elegans

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-207

  Roberts, John F ^a,d   Whipps, Christopher M ^c,e   Bartholomew, Jerri L ^c   Schneider, Lynda ^b   Jacobson, Elliott R ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Thompson Bishop Sparks State Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Myxidium; Myxozoa; Nephritis; rDNA sequence; Red eared slider turtle; Trachemys scripta elegans; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

CYTOLOGY; DNA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORTALITY; PROTOZOAN; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY TUBULE; MYXOZOA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY TUBULES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYXOZOA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; TURTLES; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

ASSUMPTION PARISH; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXIDIUM; MYXOZOA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 51349135830     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01912     Document Type: Article

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