Acta Vet. Brno 2013, 82: 351-355

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201382040351

Fatal chytridiomycosis and infection loss observed in captive toads infected in the wild

Vojtech Baláž1, Martina Kubečková2, Petr Civiš3, Roman Rozínek2, Jiří Vojar3

1University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Brno, Czech Republic
2NaturaServis Ltd., Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
3Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Ecology, Prague, Czech Republic

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