Diseases of Amphibians

Other Diseases of Amphibians

Amphibians have communicable and non-communicable diseases. The following pages provide information on some of these diseases. Chytridiomycosis, Ranaviruses, and mucormycosis are discussed separately. Reviews of diseases are available in: Berger L, Longcore J, Speare R, Hyatt A, Skerratt LF. 2009. Fungal Diseases in Amphibians. In: Amphibian Biology, Volume 8 Amphibian Decline: Disease, Parasit...

Diseases of amphibians.

The development and refinement of amphibian medicine comprise an ongoing science that reflects the unique life history of these animals and our growing knowledge of amphibian diseases. Amphibians are notoriously fastidious in terms of captive care requirements, and the majority of diseases of amphibians maintained in captivity will relate directly or indirectly to husbandry and management. Inve...

orofacial manifestations of neurological diseases

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Mucormycosis of Amphibians

Fish , Amphibians and Reptiles Amphibians as Laboratory Animals

Amphibians include over 4,500 species within 3 major lineages---caecilians, salamanders, and anurans (Stebbins and Cohen 1995). These lineages are linked by several unique physiological traits. The most prominent is the indirect lifestyle of many amphibians--the aquatic gillbreathing larval stage and the aquatic or terrestrial lung or skin-breathing adult stage. A second feature of amphibians i...