| prevalence of malformed frogs in kaoping and tungkang river basins of southern taiwan. | in this study we found many amphibians with bizarre appearances, known as malformations in pingtung county southern taiwan. for this investigation we collected frogs inhabiting the kaoping and tungkang river watersheds between february 2006 and june 2007. among the total number of 10,909 normal frogs (i.e., anurans) collected during the investigation period, the indian rice frogs (rana limnocharis) account for the greatest number next is the chinese bullfrog (rana rugulosa). of all the 244 captu ... | 2010 | 21047008 |
| comparison of genetic characteristics and pathogenicity of lactococcus garvieae isolated from aquatic animals in taiwan. | seventy-six taiwanese bacterial isolates including 74 from diseased, cultured, aquatic animals (54 grey mullet mugil cephalus, 3 basket mullet chelon alatus, 2 tilapia oreochromis niloticus, 1 grouper epinephelus coioides, 2 yellowfin seabream acanthopagrus latus, 1 borneo mullet chelon macrolepis, 1 bullfrog rana catesbeiana, 1 japanese eel anguilla japonica, and 9 giant freshwater prawns macrobrachium rosenbergii), 1 wild-caught seafood species (squid muscle collected from a restaurant) and 1 ... | 2012 | 23209077 |