Amphibian pathogens in southeast asian frog trade

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 386-398

  Gilbert, Martin ^a   Bickford, David ^b   Clark, Leanne ^a   Johnson, Arlyne ^a   Joyner, Priscilla H ^a   Ogg Keatts, Lucy ^a   Khammavong, Kongsy ^a   Nguyě̃n Vǎn, Long ^a   Newton, Alisa ^a   Seow, Tiffany P W ^b   Roberton, Scott ^a   Silithammavong, Soubanh ^a   Singhalath, Sinpakhone ^c   Yang, Angela ^a   Seimon, Tracie A ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

Amphibian trade; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Cambodia; Chytrid; Laos; Mycobacterium; Pathogens; Ranavirus; Singapore; Southeast Asia; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEPSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANURA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COMMERCE; SEPSIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; HOPLOBATRACHUS; IRIDOVIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 84877825588     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0817-7     Document Type: Article

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