Is the international frog legs trade a potential vector for deadly amphibian pathogens?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 438-442

  Gratwicke, Brian ^a   Evans, Matthew J ^a   Jenkins, Peter T ^b   Kusrini, Mirza D ^c   Moore, Robin D ^d   Sevin, Jennifer ^a   Wildt, David E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Defenders of Wildlife   (United States)

^c BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d Conservation International ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; FROG; FUNGUS; GLOBAL TRADE; PATHOGEN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

BELGIUM; FRANCE; INDONESIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

EID: 77957746590     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/090111     Document Type: Article

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