Mycotic pulmonary disease of captive giant tortoises due to Beauvaria bassiana and Paecilomyces fumoso-roseus

Four cases of fatal pulmonary disease of the giant tortoise were studied. In 2 instances the entomogenous fungus Beauvaria bassiana was demonstrated as the etiologic agent. This is the first evidence of systemic disease of a vertebrate animal by this organism. The pathological picture was most unusu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical mycology (Oxford) 1963, Vol.2 (2), p.80-86
Hauptverfasser:	Georg, Lucille K., Williamson, W.M., Tilden, Evelyn B., Getty, Ruth E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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