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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"snake fungal disease"”.
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Host-pathogen interactions and conservation implications of snake fungal disease over broad geographical scales
Emerging infectious diseases represent a threat to biodiversity, posing significant challenges to wildlife conservation globally. Infectious diseases can cause population declines, local extirpations and, in rare cases, complete species extinction. Among emerging pathogens, pathogenic fungi have …
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Estimating host species and spatial variation in infection with the fungal pathogen that causes snake fungal disease
Emerging wildlife diseases represent a serious threat to conservation efforts. Impacts of emerging multi-host pathogens can vary greatly among species as well as geographically, and understanding which populations will be at greatest risk is essential for conserving biodiversity. Snake fungal …
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Pathological characterization of natural Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola infection in wild-caught Lake Erie watersnakes: A standardized approach to documentation of disease
… the causative agent of ophidiomycosis (Snake Fungal Disease; SFD), is a serious emerging fungal pathogen causing morbidity and mortality in both wild and captive snakes. SFD has been documented in terrestrial and aquatic captive snake populations in the United Kingdom, Germany, …