PCR detection of ranavirus in adult anurans from the louisville zoological garden

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-563

  Driskell, Elizabeth A ^a   Miller, Debra L ^b   Swist, Shannon L ^a,d   Gyimesi, Zoltan S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Louisville Zoological Garden   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cope's grey tree frog; Frog virus 3; Histopathology; Hyla chrysoscelis; PCR; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; IRIDOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANURA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANAVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; BUFO TERRESTRIS; FROG VIRUS 3; HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; HYLIDAE; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 70350167206     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0076.1     Document Type: Article

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