Effects of chytridiomycosis on circulating white blood cell distributions of bullfrog larvae (Rana catesbeiana)

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-55

  Davis, Andrew K ^a   Keel, M Kevin ^a   Ferreira, Andrew ^a   Maerz, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Bullfrog; Chytridiomycosis; Leukocytes; Rana catesbeiana

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951252891     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-009-0914-8     Document Type: Article

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