Selected emerging infectious diseases of squamata

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 319-338

  Latney, La'Toya V ^a   Wellehan, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Disease; Emerging; Fungal; Parasitic; Reptile; Viral

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; LIZARD; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REPTILE; REVIEW; SNAKE; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; LIZARDS; REPTILES; SNAKES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ARENAVIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOSPORIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; IRIDOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PENTASTOMIDA; REPTILIA; RHABDOVIRIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; UROMASTYX;

EID: 84877128568     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2013.01.003     Document Type: Review

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