Concurrent infection with Ranavirus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, and Aeromonas in a captive anuran colony

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-449

  Miller, Debra L ^a   Rajeev, Sreekumari ^a   Brookins, Milagros ^a   Cook, Jeff ^b   Whittington, Lisa ^a   Baldwin, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Reptiland   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Anuran; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Concurrent infection; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; COMORBIDITY; FROGS AND TOADS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IRIDOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COMORBIDITY; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MYCOSES; RANAVIRUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; DENDROBATES AURATUS; IRIDOVIRUS; PHYLLOBATES TERRIBILIS; PYXICEPHALUS ADSPERSUS; RANAVIRUS; RHACOPHORUS DENNYSI;

EID: 53549093586     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0012.1     Document Type: Article

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