Propagation method of saving valuable strains from a mycobacterium liflandii infection in Western clawed frogs (Silurana tropicalis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-19

  Chai, Norin ^a   Bronchain, Odile ^b   Panteix, Gilles ^c   Godreuil, Sylvain ^d   De Medeiros, Christophe ^b   Saunders, Richard ^e   Bouts, Tim ^f   De Luze, Amaury ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Laboratoire Biomnis   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e Veterinary Department   (United Kingdom)

^f Zoological Society London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amphibians; mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium liflandii; mycolactone producing mycobacteria; Silurana tropicalis; Western clawed frog

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANURA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENETICS; LIVER DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPLEEN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANURA; LIVER DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; REPRODUCTION; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SPLENIC DISEASES;

AMPHIBIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LIFLANDII; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 84858178773     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2010-0098.1     Document Type: Article

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