Pathologic findings and liver elements in hibernating bats with white-nose syndrome

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-219

  Courtin, F ^a   Stone, W B ^b   Risatti, G ^a   Gilbert, K ^a   van Kruiningen, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Wildlife Pathology Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Fungus; Geomyces; Metals; Minerals; Vespertilionidae; White nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FUNGAL DNA; LEAD; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BAT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ASCOMYCOTA; CHIROPTERA; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

FUNGI; GEOMYCES; NEGIBACTERIA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 77953999750     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985809358614     Document Type: Article

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