Mortality of American bullfrog tadpoles Lithobates catesbeianus infected by Gyrodactylus jennyae and experimentally exposed to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-26

  Paetow, Linda J ^a   McLaughlin, J Daniel ^a   Pauli, Bruce D ^b   Marcogliese, David J ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; ECTOPARASITOSIS; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH;

ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; LARVA; MYCOSES; PLATYHELMINTHS; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 84872909339     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08997659.2012.722170     Document Type: Article

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