Early-spring survey for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild Rana dybowskii in Heilongjiang Province, China

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 241-244

  Wei, Ying ^a   Xu, Kai ^a   Zhu, Dong Ze ^a   Chen, Xiao Feng ^a   Wang, Xiao Long ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Free range; Rana dybowskii; Detection; China

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONALITY; VULNERABILITY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FROGS AND TOADS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHINA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; MYCOSES; SEASONS;

CHINA; HEILONGJIANG;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; RANA DYBOWSKII;

EID: 78650439500     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02172     Document Type: Article

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