Susceptibility to the amphibian chytrid fungus varies with ontogeny in the direct-developing frog, Eleutherodactylus Coqui

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 438-446

  Langhammer, Penny F ^a   Burrowes, Patricia A ^b   Lips, Karen R ^c   Bryant, Anna B ^a   Collins, James P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian pathogen; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Direct developing frogs; Eleutherodactylus coqui; Ontogenetic susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; MYCOSES;

EID: 84903941553     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2013-10-268     Document Type: Article

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