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Upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) as a threat to desert tortoise populations: A reevaluation

2009-07-01

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The relationships between Mycoplasma agassizii, a causative agent of upper respiratory disease (URTD), and desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), generally illustrate the complexities of disease dynamics in wild vertebrate populations. In this review, we summarize current understanding of URTD in Mojave desert tortoise populations, we illustrate how inadequate knowledge of tortoise immune systems may obfuscate asse...

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Literature Corpus work: a87bbfa8-7ea3-57cd-9602-df28c55dcc8f
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.001

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