Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans are important amphibian pathogens responsible for morbidity and mortality in free-ranging and captive frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. While B.
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PRESENCE AND PREVALENCE OF BD (BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS) IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIAN WOODLAND VERNAL POOLS [PDF]
, 2016 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a virulent chytrid fungus responsible for dramatic amphibian declines, has been detected in the northwestern and southeastern regions of Pennsylvania.
Coury, Kristin S. +3 more
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Fungal infection, decline and persistence in the only obligate troglodytic Neotropical salamander [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is implicated in global mass die-offs and declines in amphibians. In Mesoamerica, the Bd epidemic wave hypothesis is supported by detection of Bd in historic museum specimens collected over the last
Mizraim Olivares-Miranda +5 more
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Vertebrate Hosts as Islands: Dynamics of Selection, Immigration, Loss, Persistence, and Potential Function of Bacteria on Salamander Skin. [PDF]
, 2016 Skin bacterial communities can protect amphibians from a fungal pathogen; however, little is known about how these communities are maintained. We used a neutral model of community ecology to identify bacteria that are maintained on salamanders by ...
Harris, Reid N +8 more
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Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians from the Po River Delta, Northern Italy
Acta Herpetologica, 2011 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is a pathogen infecting amphibians at the global scale and causing their decline, but knowledge of the distribution of this pathogen is far from complete.
Gentile Francesco Ficetola +5 more
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Presence of low virulence chytrid fungi could protect European amphibians from more deadly strains
Nature Communications, 2020 The pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (BD) associated with widespread amphibian declines is present in Europe but has not consistently caused disease-induced declines in that region.
Mark S. Greener +20 more
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Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen [PDF]
, 2019 Host-associated microbes form an important component of immunity that protect against infection by pathogens. Treating wild individuals with these protective microbes, known as probiotics, can reduce rates of infection and disease in both wild and ...
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 Emerging infectious diseases threaten the persistence of biodiversity globally. The amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is one of the most widespread and damaging pathogens to biodiversity.
Deborah S. Bower +11 more
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Integral chain management of wildlife diseases [PDF]
, 2019 The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has caused the most prominent loss of vertebrate diversity ever recorded, which peaked in the 1980s. Recent incursion by its sister species B. salamandrivorans in Europe raised the alarm for a new wave of
Canessa, Stefano +24 more
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Effects of an infectious fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, on amphibian predator-prey interactions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The effects of parasites and pathogens on host behaviors may be particularly important in predator-prey contexts, since few animal behaviors are more crucial for ensuring immediate survival than the avoidance of lethal predators in nature.
Barbara A Han +2 more
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