| Abstract: | This chapter is devoted to the diseases of anuran larvae that cause morbidity( illness) and
mortality (death). The purpose of this chapter is to describe diseases that may be encountered
in free-living tadpoles of the United States and Canada. Much of the information in this chapter comes from unpublished diagnostic examinations of amphibians done at the U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC). Many parasites infect amphibians, and with very few exceptions, these are clinically silent infections (produce no overt evidence of illness or death); accordingly, readers are referred to parasitology texts for a review of protozoan, helminthic and ectoparasitic organisms of amphibians (Flynn, 1973; Poynton and Whitaker, 2001). Diseases presented in this chapter are
Ranaviral (iridovirus) infection
Adenovirus infection
Lucke frog herpesvirus
Chytrid fungal infection
Watermold infection (saprolegniasis)
Coccidiosis
Leeches
Anchorworms |
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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 tadpoles; 2005; Book chapter; 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 tadpoles; 2005; Book chapter; 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 |
