Pre-emptive national monitoring plan for detecting the amphibian chytrid fungus in madagascar

EcoHealth

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 234-240

  Weldon, Ché ^a   Crottini, Angelica ^b   Bollen, An ^c   Rabemananjara, Falitiana C E ^d   Copsey, Jamie ^e   Garcia, Gerardo ^f   Andreone, Franco ^g  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c Madagascar Fauna Group   (Madagascar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^e DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

^g MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium; chytridiomycosis; conservation medicine; inventory and monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MADAGASCAR; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DERMATOMYCOSES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; MADAGASCAR; PETS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84891369294     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0869-8     Document Type: Review

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