Journal article
Effect of season and temperature on mortality in amphibians due to chytridiomycosis
L Berger, R Speare, HB Hines, G Marantelli, AD Hyatt, KR McDonald, LF Skerratt, V Olsen, JM Clarke, G Gillespie, M Mahony, N Sheppard, C Williams, MJ Tyler
Australian Veterinary Journal | AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY ASSN | Published : 2004
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the distribution and incidence of chytridiomycosis in eastern Australian frogs and to examine the effects of temperature on this disease. Design: A pathological survey and a transmission experiment were conducted. Procedure: Diagnostic pathology examinations were performed on free-living and captive, ill and dead amphibians collected opportunistically from eastern Australia between October 1993 and December 2000. We conducted a transmission experiment in the laboratory to investigate the effects of temperature: eight great barred frogs (Mixophyes fasciolatus) exposed to zoospores of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and six unexposed frogs were housed individually in e..
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