Dermatological diseases in lizards

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-45

  Hellebuyck, Tom ^a   Pasmans, Frank ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a   Martel, An ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dermal pathogens; Dermatology; Lizards; Reptile; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIOFUR; CLINDAMYCIN; ENROFLOXACIN; FIPRONIL; ITRACONAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; KETOCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; RETINOL; TERBINAFINE; TOPICAL AGENT; VORICONAZOLE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROMONAS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOSIS; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHILUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSECDYSIS; ENTEROBACTER; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HERPES VIRUS; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; KLEBSIELLA; LIPOSARCOMA; LIZARD; MICROCOCCUS; MICROFLORA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DERMATOSES; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PARASITIC DERMATITIS; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; POXVIRUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SEROLOGY; SERRATIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS; LIZARDS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84863780674     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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