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Attempted transmission of dermatophilosis in saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus)
Author(s) -
BUENVIAJE GN,
LADDS PW,
HIRST RG,
SUMMERS PM,
MILLAN JM
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1998.tb10192.x
Subject(s) - northern territory , veterinary medicine , geography , archaeology , medicine
[Extract] So-called brown-spot disease as reported in alligators and crocodiles is now recognised as an economically important skin disease of farmed crocodiles and alligators in Australia, Africa and America. Dermatophilus sp, which resembles Dermatophilus congolensis on culture, has been isolated from brown-spot lesions in both alligators and crocodiles. Experimental transmission of this disease in Crocodylus porosus hatchlings is now described