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Assessing the extinction risks of amphibians impacted by infectious diseases Ghent University
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are a major threat to amphibians worldwide. Determining the extinction risk of species susceptible to EIDs is challenging because of data limitations, especially in the initial stages of emergence and spread of disease. The fast rate of spread of many EIDs makes it necessary to assess the extinction risk of impacted host species before detailed mechanistic (epidemiological) or correlative (ecological niche) ...
Agricultural contaminants in freshwater ecosystems and disposition of fungicides in amphibians Ghent University
It takes three to tango : the impact of chytridiomycosis on native amphibians in the Netherlands Ghent University
Integrating variability in detection probabilities when designing wildlife surveys : a case study of amphibians from south-eastern Australia Ghent University
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians of Cameroon, including first records for caecilians Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
Amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been hypothesised to be an indigenous parasite of African amphibians. In Cameroon, however, previous surveys in one region (in the northwest) failed to detect this pathogen, despite the earliest African Bd having been recorded from a frog in eastern Cameroon, plus one recent record in the far southeast. To reconcile these contrasting results, we present survey data from 12 ...
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The current biodiversity crisis encompasses a sixth mass extinction event affecting the entire class of amphibians. The infectious disease chytridiomycosis is considered one of the major drivers of global amphibian population decline and extinction and is thought to be caused by a single species of aquatic fungus, Batrachochy- trium dendrobatidis. However, several amphibian population declines remain unexplained, among them a steep decrease in ...
Cryopreservation of hormonally induced sperm for the conservation of threatened amphibians with Rana temporaria as a model research species Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
The survival of hundreds of threatened amphibian species is increasingly dependent on conservation breeding programs (CBPs). However, there is an ongoing loss of genetic variation in CBPs for most amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Low genetic variation results in the failure of CBPs to provide genetically competent individuals for release in supplementation or rehabitation programs. In contrast, in the aquaculture of fish the ...
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp nov causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp Ghent University
The current biodiversity crisis encompasses a sixth mass extinction event affecting the entire class of amphibians. The infectious disease chytridiomycosis is considered one of the major drivers of global amphibian population decline and extinction and is thought to be caused by a single species of aquatic fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. However, several amphibian population declines remain unexplained, among them a steep decrease in ...