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Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) as a Potential Source of Foodborne Disease
Journal of Food Protection, 2023 In Mexico, bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) are produced as gourmet food. However, bullfrogs can be carriers of pathogens because the frogs' preferred living conditions occur in stagnant water.
Andrea P. Zepeda-Velazquez +8 more
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Diet and trophic niche of Lithobates catesbeianus (Amphibia: Anura) [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2012 Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) is an invasive anuran introduced in Brazil that is associated with the displacement and the decline of populations of native species worldwide.
Peterson T. Leivas +2 more
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Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2011 O presente trabalho teve como objetivo detectar a ocorrência de oocistos de Cryptosporidium spp. em raspagens da mucosa intestinal e amostras de fezes de rãs-touro (Lithobates catesbeianus, Shaw, 1802) em confinamento, na fazenda escola da Universidade ...
Aline Diniz Cabral +3 more
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First records of the American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) in Slovenia
Natura Sloveniae, 2016 The American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus is one of the 100 worst alien species in the world. It has been introduced to several European countries. During our field search activities in May 2014 and June 2015, a male bullfrog advertisement call was ...
Nino Kirbiš +6 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011 We report a new record of Lithobates catesbeianus (American bullfrog) from Argentina. L. catesbeianus was first introduced to San Juan Province 11 years ago in Calingasta Department, where the habitat is pre-cordilleran.
Eduardo Sanabria +7 more
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Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) farming system: water quality and environmental changes [PDF]
Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Frog farming, if not well managed, may cause environmental damages. The use of antibiotics, the organic discharge and the introduction of exotic species can disseminate risks such as eutrophication, changes in the water quality and organic ...
Cacilda Thais Janson Mercante +4 more
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Updated distribution of an alien frog species, Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802), in Ecuador: new records of Bullfrog in the semideciduous lowland forest of western Ecuador [PDF]
Check List, 2023 We report the occurrence of Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802), Bullfrog, in a protected semidecidu-ous forest in the city of Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador and in a nearby wildlife management center.
Andrea E. Narváez +4 more
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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2022 Island ecosystems are thought to be hotspots of biodiversity but are also susceptible to invasion by alien species. Sado Island in Japan is a habitat for endemic and rare species, such as the endemic Sado wrinkled frog.
Kiyoto Sawada +2 more
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Introduced bullfrogs are associated with increased Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prevalence and reduced occurrence of Korean treefrogs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Bullfrogs, Lithobates catesbeianus, have been described as major vectors of the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Bd is widespread throughout the range of amphibians yet varies considerably within and among populations in ...
Amaël Borzée +3 more
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Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, 2012 AIM: Current analysis characterizes the effluent from bullfrog-rearing ponds during the grow-out phase; METHODS: Temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, electric conductivity, turbidity, total phosphorus, N-NH3, N-NO3, BOD5 and COD and the number of ...
Fernanda de Freitas Borges +2 more
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