Cryptosporidiosis outbreak in captive chelonians (Testudo hermanni) with identification of two Cryptosporidium genotypes
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Testudo hermanni (Gmelin 1789) – Hermann’s Tortoise
059.1 Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group A.G.J. Rhodin, P.C.H. Pritchard, P.P. van Dijk, R.A. Saumure, K.A. Buhlmann, J.B. Iverson, and R.A. Mittermeier, Eds. Chelonian Research Monographs (ISSN 1088-7105) No. 5, doi:10.3854/crm.5.059.hermanni.v1.2011 © 2011 by Chelonian Research Foundat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1040-6387,1943-4936
DOI: 10.1177/1040638712440989