Surveillance: Emerging disease in UK amphibians

Veterinary Record

Volumn 176, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 468-

  Cunningham, Andrew A ^a   Beckmann, Katie ^a   Perkins, Matthew ^a   Fitzpatrick, Liam ^a   Cromie, Ruth ^b   Redbond, Jay ^b   O'Brien, Michelle F ^b   Ghosh, Pria ^c   Shelton, Jennifer ^c   Fisher, Matthew C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DERMATOMYCOSES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DERMATOMYCOSES; GREAT BRITAIN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84928998749     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: 20427670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.h2264     Document Type: Letter

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