PREVALENCE OF SKELETAL AND EYE MALFORMATIONS IN FROGS FROM NORTH-CENTRAL UNITED STATES: ESTIMATIONS BASED ON COLLECTIONS FROM RANDOMLY SELECTED SITES

Skeletal malformation rates for several frog species were determined in a set of randomly selected wetlands in the north-central USA over three consecutive years. In 1998, 62 sites yielded 389 metamorphic frogs, nine (2.3%) of which had skeletal or eye malformations. A subset of the original sites w...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of wildlife diseases 2003-07, Vol.39 (3), p.510-521
Hauptverfasser:	Schoff, Patrick K., Johnson, Catherine M., Schotthoefer, Anna M., Murphy, Joseph E., Lieske, Camilla, Cole, Rebecca A., Johnson, Lucinda B., Beasley, Val R.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	abnormal development Amphibian Animals Anura - abnormalities anuran Bone and Bones - abnormalities broadleaf forest ecoregion Bufo americanus Cluster Analysis Congenital Abnormalities - epidemiology Congenital Abnormalities - veterinary disease prevalence EPIDEMIOLOGY Eye Abnormalities - epidemiology Eye Abnormalities - veterinary Forelimb - abnormalities Freshwater Hindlimb - abnormalities Illinois - epidemiology malformation Metamorphosis, Biological Minnesota - epidemiology Prevalence Rana catesbeiana Rana clamitans Rana pipiens Rana septentrionalis Rana sylvatica skeletal development survey Wisconsin - epidemiology
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