Elevated temperature as a treatment for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in captive frogs

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-238

  Chatfield, M W H ^a   Richards Zawacki, C L ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian disease; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytrid

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOASSAY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FROG; FUNGUS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FROGS AND TOADS; HEAT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MYCOSES;

ACRIS CREPITANS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 79956215410     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02337     Document Type: Article

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