Ranavirus-associated mass mortality in wild amphibians, The Netherlands, 2010: A first report

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-286

  Kik, Marja ^a   Martel, An ^b   Sluijs, Annemarieke Spitzen van der ^c   Pasmans, Frank ^b   Wohlsein, Peter ^d   Gröne, Andrea ^a   Rijks, Jolianne M ^a  

^a Dutch Wildlife Health Centre   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Reptile Amphibian and Fish Conservation Netherlands (RAVON)   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common midwife toad virus; Common newt; Lissotriton vulgaris; Mass mortality; Pelophylax spp.; Ranavirus; Water frog

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CELL INCLUSION; COMMON MIDWIFE TOAD VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HEPATOMEGALY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PELOPHYLAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POND; RANAVIRUS INFECTION; SPAIN; SPLENOMEGALY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS; VIRUS PARTICLE; WATER FROG; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; NETHERLANDS; RANAVIRUS; RANIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PELOPHYLAX; RANAVIRUS; TRITURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 82855161327     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.08.031     Document Type: Article

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