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Original Article

An epizootic of cutaneous zygomycosis in cultured dwarf african clawed frogs (Hymenochirus curtipes) due to Basidiobolus ranarum

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Pages 215-223 | Accepted 22 Feb 1991, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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