Investigation of shell disease in map turtles (Graptemys spp.)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 637-652

  Hernandez Divers, Stephen J ^a   Hensel, Patrick ^a   Gladden, Juliet ^a   Hernandez Divers, Sonia M ^a   Buhlmann, Kurt A ^b   Hagen, Chris ^b   Sanchez, Susan ^a   Latimer, Kenneth S ^a,c   Ard, Mary ^a   Camus, Alvin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental Air Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Graptemys; Histopathology; Map turtle; Microbiology; Shell disease

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES; GRAPTEMYS; MORGANELLA MORGANII; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOPSY; BONE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; TURTLES;

EID: 70349315034     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.3.637     Document Type: Article

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