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Trade in wild anurans vectors the urodelan pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans into Europe [PDF]

, 2017
Pathogen pollution has caused dramatic losses of amphibian diversity on a global scale. The recently emerged chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) has been hypothesized to have its origin in Asian urodelan populations, from which it may
Martel, An, Nguyen, Tao Thien, Nguyen, Thinh Van, Pasmans, Frank, Ziegler, Thomas   +4 more
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Recommendations on diagnostic tools for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2018
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) poses a major threat to amphibian, and more specifically caudata, diversity. Bsal is currently spreading through Europe, and mitigation measures aimed at stopping its spread and preventing its introduction into naïve environments are urgently needed.
Thomas, V., Blooi, M., Van Rooij, P., Van Praet, S., Verbrugghe, E., Grasselli, E., Lukac, M., Smith, S., Pasmans, F., Martel, A.   +9 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans not detected in U.S. survey of pet salamanders. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2017
AbstractWe engaged pet salamander owners in the United States to screen their animals for two amphibian chytrid fungal pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and B. salamandrivorans (Bsal). We provided pet owners with a sampling kit and instructional video to swab the skin of their animals.
Klocke B, Becker M, Lewis J, Fleischer RC, Muletz-Wolz CR, Rockwood L, Aguirre AA, Gratwicke B.   +7 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Environmental DNA‐based detection of pathogens in trade and captive settings: Best practices and validation for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Detecting pathogens in the live animal trade is critical for tracking and preventing their movement, introduction and spillover into susceptible fauna. However, the scale of the live animal trade makes individually testing animals infeasible for all but ...
J. L. Brunner, Christian M. Yarber, R. A. Pearhill, C. Goldberg   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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, Knight, Rob, Loudon, Andrew H, McKenzie, Valerie J, Parfrey, Laura Wegener, Schmidt, Thomas M, Van Treuren, William, Venkataraman, Arvind, Woodhams, Douglas C   +8 more
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Conservation risk of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans to endemic lungless salamanders

Conservation Letters, 2020
The emerging fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), is a significant conservation threat to salamander biodiversity in Europe, although its potential to affect North American species is poorly understood.
Edward Davis Carter, Debra L. Miller, Anna C. Peterson, William B. Sutton, Joseph Patrick W. Cusaac, Jennifer A. Spatz, Louise Rollins‐Smith, Laura Reinert, Markese Bohanon, Lori A. Williams, Andrea Upchurch, Matthew J. Gray   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-native Amphibian Pet Trade via Internet in Poland [PDF]

, 2018
Overharvesting and trade in amphibian populations is one of the causes of their global decline. Online trade not only encourages the exploitation of an increasing number of rare and endangered amphibian species from all over the world but also ...
Kaczmarski, Mikołaj, Kolenda, Krzysztof
core   +2 more sources

Instant killing of pathogenic chytrid fungi by disposable nitrile gloves prevents disease transmission between amphibians.

PLoS ONE, 2020
To prevent transmission of the pathogenic chytrid fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), hygiene protocols prescribe the single use of disposable gloves for handling amphibians.
Valarie Thomas, Pascale Van Rooij, Celine Meerpoel, Gwij Stegen, Jella Wauters, Lynn Vanhaecke, An Martel, Frank Pasmans   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disease state associated with chronic toe lesions in hellbenders may alter anti-chytrid skin defenses

Scientific Reports, 2023
Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) are large, aquatic salamanders from the eastern United States. Both subspecies, eastern and Ozark hellbenders, have experienced declines resulting in federal listing of Ozark hellbenders.
Rebecca H. Hardman, Laura K. Reinert, Kelly J. Irwin, Kendall Oziminski, Louise Rollins-Smith, Debra L. Miller   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Response to comment on 'Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity' [PDF]

, 2020
Lambert et al. question our retrospective and holistic epidemiological assessment of the role of chytridiomycosis in amphibian declines. Their alternative assessment is narrow and provides an incomplete evaluation of evidence.
Acevedo, Aldemar A., Berger, Lee, Beukema, Wouter, Burrowes, Patricia A., Canessa, Stefano, Carvalho, Tamilie, Catenazzi, Alessandro, De la Riva, Ignacio, Fisher, Matthew C., Flechas, Sandra V., Foster, Claire N., Frias-Alvarez, Patricia, Garner, Trenton W. J., Gratwicke, Brian, Guayasamin, Juan M., Hirschfeld, Mareike, Kolby, Jonathan E., Kosch, Tiffany A., La Marca, Enrique, Lindenmayer, David B., Lips, Karen R., Longo, Ana V., Maneyro, Raul, Martel, An, McDonald, Cait A., Mendelson, Joseph, III, Palacios-Rodriguez, Pablo, Parra-Olea, Gabriela, Pasmans, Frank, Richards-Zawacki, Corinne L., Roedel, Mark-Oliver, Rovito, Sean M., Scheele, Ben C., Skerratt, Lee F., Soto-Azat, Claudio, Toledo, Luis Felipe, Voyles, Jamie, Weldon, Che, Whitfield, Steven M., Wilkinson, Mark, Zamudio, Kelly R.   +40 more
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