Itraconazole treatment reduces Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prevalence and increases overwinter field survival in juvenile Cascades frogs

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 243-250

  Hardy, Bennett M ^a   Pope, Karen L ^b   Piovia Scott, Jonah ^c   Brown, Richard N ^a   Foley, Janet E ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Chytridiomycosis; Declines; Rana cascadae

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRUG; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; JUVENILE; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DECLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVORSHIP; WILD POPULATION;

CASCADE RANGE; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; RANA CASCADAE;

FUNGICIDE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ANIMAL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; LONGEVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RANIDAE; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; ITRACONAZOLE; LONGEVITY; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; RANIDAE; SEASONS;

EID: 84921416485     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02813     Document Type: Article

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