Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola dermatitis in eight free-ranging timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) from Massachusetts

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 86-94

  McBride, Michael P ^a   Wojick, Kimberlee B ^a   Georoff, Timothy A ^a,e   Kimbro, Jason ^b   Garner, Michael M ^c   Wang, Xiaoling ^d   Childress, April L ^d   Wellehan, James F X ^d  

^a Roger Williams Park Zoo   (United States)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

^e Philadelphia Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalus horridus; Dermatomycosis; Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola; Timber rattlesnake

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS HORRIDUS; SERPENTES;

ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; CROTALUS; DERMATOMYCOSES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASSACHUSETTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ASCOMYCOTA; CROTALUS; DERMATOMYCOSES; MASSACHUSETTS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84925010241     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2012-0248R2.1     Document Type: Article

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