Snake fungal disease: an emerging threat to wild snakes
Snake fungal disease: an emerging threat to wild snakes
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Lorch, Jeffrey M. , Knowles, Susan , Lankton, Julia S. , Michell, Kathy , Edwards, Jaime L. , Kapfer, Joshua M. , Staffen, Richard A. , Wild, Erik R. , Schmidt, Katie Z. , Ballmann, Anne E. , Blodgett, Doug , Farrell, Terence M. , Glorioso, Brad M. , Last, Lisa A. , Price, Steven J. , Schuler, Krysten L. , Smith, Christopher E. , Wellehan, James F. X. and Blehert, David S.
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England: The Royal Society
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English
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England: The Royal Society
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Since 2006, there has been a marked increase in the number of reports of severe and often fatal fungal skin infections in wild snakes in the eastern USA. The emerging condition, referred to as snake fungal disease (SFD), was initially documented in rattlesnakes, where the infections were believed to pose a risk to the viability of affected populati...
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Snake fungal disease: an emerging threat to wild snakes
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Author / Creator
Knowles, Susan
Lankton, Julia S.
Michell, Kathy
Edwards, Jaime L.
Kapfer, Joshua M.
Staffen, Richard A.
Wild, Erik R.
Schmidt, Katie Z.
Ballmann, Anne E.
Blodgett, Doug
Farrell, Terence M.
Glorioso, Brad M.
Last, Lisa A.
Price, Steven J.
Schuler, Krysten L.
Smith, Christopher E.
Wellehan, James F. X.
Blehert, David S.
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TN_cdi_royalsociety_journals_10_1098_rstb_2015_0457
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_royalsociety_journals_10_1098_rstb_2015_0457
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0962-8436
E-ISSN
1471-2970
DOI
10.1098/rstb.2015.0457
