Pathogenicity of Aeromonas hydrophila, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Proteus mirabilis to brown tree frogs (Litoria ewingii)

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-117

  Schadich, Ermin ^a   Cole, Anthony L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL DERMATOSEPTICEMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRESH WATER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RANIDAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77951817273     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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