Widespread occurrence of ranavirus in pond-breeding amphibian populations

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-48

  Hoverman, Jason T ^a,b   Gray, Matthew J ^b   Miller, Debra L ^b,c,d   Haislip, Nathan A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

amphibian larvae; cattle; conservation; emerging infectious disease; farm ponds; frog virus 3; host range; Iridoviridae; stressors; water quality

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; HERBIVORY; IRIDOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; POND; RANIDAE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERBIVORY; LARVA; PONDS; RANAVIRUS; RANIDAE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TENNESSEE;

AMPHIBIA; BOS; FROG VIRUS 3; IRIDOVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; RANAVIRUS; RANIDAE;

EID: 82155165017     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0731-9     Document Type: Article

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