Thursday, 10 May 2018

Finally solved: the origin of Bd

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Genetic clues reveal origins of killer fungus behind the ‘amphibian plague’ Link to the article: https://t.co/LsC4g8xwxK A deadly ...
Monday, 18 December 2017

On biosafety measures for the prevention of the spread of amphibian and reptile species diseases

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The standing committee of the Bern Convention adopted a new recommendation on on biosafety measures for the prevention of the spread of amph...
Friday, 13 October 2017

Disinfectants against pathogenic chytrid fungi and Ranavirus

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Pascale Van Rooij and coauthors describe disinfectants against pathogenic chytrids (Bd and Bsal) and Ranavirus. This is an important paper w...
Tuesday, 1 August 2017

More on Bd mitigation

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In a new paper published in Scientific Reports ( link ), Corina Geiger and coauthors describe the results of a field experiments on Bd mitig...
Thursday, 20 April 2017

Bd can infect zebrafish

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The amphibian chytrid fungus can infect zebra fish. The press release: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/news...

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans: The perfect pathogen

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A new paper by Gwij Stegen et al. shows that the salamander chytrid fungus may be the 'perfect pathogen'. It kills salamanders rapid...
Thursday, 9 February 2017

Did Bd cause historic amphibian population declines in Brazil?

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A new paper by Tamilie Carvalho et al. in the Proceedings of the Royal Society shows that there is a link between Bd infection in tadpoles a...