(Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans)
Chytridiomycosis, cutaneous chytridiomycosis, amphibian chytrid fungus
OVERVIEW AND IMPORTANCE
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DISEASE AGENT
• Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a waterborne chytrid fungus
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• Fungal spores survive weeks in water
SPECIES AND AGES AFFECTED
• All amphibians; species differ in susceptibilit
• Frogs and toads
• Salamanders and newts
•Allecis all age groups, except egg:
• Most severe in post-metamorphosis animals
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
- round globally
- Endemic and widely distributed in the U.S.
U.S. REPORTING STATUS
- Monitored and reportable in the United States
- Report unusual amphibian die-offs or illness to state wilalite agencies and state or rederal animal health authontes
