Ranavirus infection of free-ranging and captive box turtles and tortoises in the United States

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 851-863

  Johnson, April J ^a   Pessier, Allan P ^b   Wellehan, James F X ^a   Childress, April ^a   Norton, Terry M ^c,k,n   Stedman, Nancy L ^d,l   Bloom, David C ^e   Belzer, William ^f   Titus, Valorie R ^g,h   Wagner, Robert ⁱ   Brooks, Jason W ^j   Spratt, Jeffrey ^c,m   Jacobson, Elliott R ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Binghamton University ^*  (United States)

^g BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k St Catherine's Island Foundation   (United States)

^l PFIZER INC   (United States)

^m THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

ⁿ Georgia Sea Turtle Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

FV3; Iridovirus; Ranavirus; Reptiles; Tortoises; Turtles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; FELIDAE; FROG VIRUS 3; GEOCHELONE PLATYNOTA; GOPHERUS; IRIDOVIRUS; MIRIDAE; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; RANAVIRUS; REPTILIA; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE CAROLINA; TERRAPENE CAROLINA BAURI; TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 56549105816     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.4.851     Document Type: Article

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