Detection of snake fungal disease due to ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in virginia, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 143-149

  Guthrie, Amanda L ^a   Knowles, Susan ^b   Ballmann, Anne E ^b   Lorch, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a Virginia Zoo   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatitis; Emerging disease; Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola; PCR; Snake fungal disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; ONYGENALES; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SNAKE; VETERINARY; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOSES; ONYGENALES; SKIN; SNAKES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84954071268     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2015-04-093.1     Document Type: Article

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