| Abstract: | Few diseases are reported in salamanders. Two notable exceptions are infections by Ranavirus and Ichthyophonus. Except for mortality events associated with ranaviruses in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) and spotted salamanders (A. maculatum), dieoffs of salamanders are rarely detected or reported.
Diseases presented in this chapter are those encountered in free-living salamanders of the United States and Canada. A few additional diseases that are occasionally seen in captive
and zoo animals have been reviewed by Green (2001). This chapter on Diseases of Salamanders will address five common infectious diseases of free-living larval and adult salamanders:
Ranavirus (iridovims) infection
Chytrid fungal infection
Ichthyophoniasis
Clinostomum metacercaria
Chiggers
Many helminthic parasites infect salamanders, but with few exceptions, these infections
are unlikely to cause illness (morbidity) or death (mortality). Readers are referred to parasitology texts for a review of protozoan, helminthic and ectoparasitic organisms of amphibians (Flynn, 1973; Poynton and Whitaker, 2001). |
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| Citation Author: | Converse, K. A.; Green, D. E. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Wildlife Diseases: Landscape Epidemiology, Spatial Distribution and Utilization of Remote Sensing Technology |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Diseases of salamanders; 2005; Book chapter; Book; Wildlife Diseases: Landscape Epidemiology, Spatial Distribution and Utilization of Remote Sensing Technology; Converse, K. A.; Green, D. E. |
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| Text: | Diseases of salamanders; 2005; Book chapter; Book; Wildlife Diseases: Landscape Epidemiology, Spatial Distribution and Utilization of Remote Sensing Technology; Converse, K. A.; Green, D. E. |
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| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0945809190 |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | The Pennsylvania Academy of Science |
