MYCOPLASMA AGASSIZII IN THE SONORAN POPULATION OF THE DESERT TORTOISE IN ARIZONA

Upper Respiratory Tract Disease (URTD), caused by the pathogens Mycoplasma agassizii and M. testudineum, has been documented in the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Although URTD was identified as a putative agent that led to federal listing of the Mojave population of the desert tortoise, litt...

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Main Author: Jones, Cristina Ann
Other Authors: Schwalbe, Cecil R.
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193431