Efficacy of treatment and long-term follow-up of batrachochytrium dendrobatidis pcr-positive anurans following itraconazole bath treatment

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 395-403

  Georoff, Timothy A ^a,c   Moore, Robert P ^a   Rodriguez, Carlos ^a,d   Pessier, Allan P ^b   Newton, Alisa L ^a   McAloose, Denise ^a   Calle, Paul P ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Philadelphia Zoo   (United States)

^d Department of Animal Health Disney's Animals Science and the Environment ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

anuran; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; chytridiomycosis; itraconazole; PCR; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANURA; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; DENDROBATES AURATUS; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR; HYLIDAE; LITORIA CHLORIS;

EID: 84878945041     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2012-0219R.1     Document Type: Article

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