Alopecia in bats from Tabasco, México

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1000-1004

  Bello Gutiérrez, Joaquín ^a   Suzán, Gerardo ^b   Hidalgo Mihart, Mircea G ^a   Salas, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alopecic syndrome; Artibeus; Histopathology; Sturnira; Urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

ARTIBEUS; ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; ARTIBEUS LITURATUS; STURNIRA; STURNIRA LILIUM; STURNIRA LUDOVICI;

EID: 78149241689     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.3.1000     Document Type: Article

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