Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Prevalence in Two Ranid Frogs on a Former United States Department of Defense Installation in Southeastern Tennessee.

Autor: WILSON, THOMAS P., BARBOSA, JOSE M., CARVER, ETHAN A., REYNOLDS, BRADLEY R., RICHARDS, DANIEL, SALAMANDER, TEAM, WILSON, TABITHA M.
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Zdroj: Herpetological Review; 2015, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p37-41, 5p
Abstrakt: the article focuses on a study to identify prevalence of cross-contamination of pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in two species of frogs Lithobates catesbeianus and the Green Frog in in Southeastern Tennessee. Topics discussed include positive test for the presence of infection by the pathogen and factors for the infection such as large-scale loss of habitat from the expansion of industrial parks.
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