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Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 40-48 , January 2006

Surf and Turf: Approaching Single and Multiple Die-offs of Free-living Species

David S. Rotstein, DVM, MPVM, ACVP
- Department of Pathobiology, The University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37996-4542 USA
- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403 USA.
- Address correspondence to: David S. Rotstein, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Room A201, Knoxville, TN 37996-4542
D. Ann Pabst, PhD
- Department of Pathobiology, The University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37996-4542 USA
- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403 USA.
William A. McLellan
- Department of Pathobiology, The University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37996-4542 USA
- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403 USA.

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