Global Amphibian & Reptile Disease Conference
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Preventive actions in response to the Bsal threat reduced Bsal risk in the U.S.
A widespread surveillance effort conducted by the USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative contributed to reducing consequence risk by increasing confidence of Bsal absence in high-risk areas.
PhD Assistantship in Amphibian Disease Ecology at the University of Vermont
The University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources is seeking a Ph.D.-level graduate student to conduct research on community disease ecology in an amphibian system
Divergent impacts of warming weather on wildlife disease risk across climates
Hosts from cool climates experienced increased disease risk at abnormally warm temperatures, while hosts from warm climates experienced increased disease risk at abnormally cool temperatures- as predicted by the thermal mismatch hypothesis.
Salinity stress increases the severity of ranavirus epidemics in amphibian populations
This research demonstrates how a small change in habitat quality can increase the severity of ranavirus epidemics.
Mitigating Disease Impacts in Amphibian Populations: Capitalizing on the Thermal Optimum Mismatch Between a Pathogen and Its Host
An example of how biotic and abiotic factors can decrease the resiliency of wildlife against pathogens and disease, and how we can potentially use this information to help mitigate infectious wildlife disease.
LETHAL AND SUBLETHAL AMPHIBIAN HOST RESPONSES TO BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS EXPOSURE ARE DETERMINED BY THE ADDITIVE INFLUENCE OF HOST RESOURCE AVAILABILITY
The effects of infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (BD), a pathogen of amphibian hosts that causes chytridiomycosis, may be magnified under conditions of low food availability, which could induce lethal and sublethal effects on hosts that might otherwise be asymptomatic.
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