Survey for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Latvian Water Frogs

Alena A Kulikova; Aija Pupina; Mihails Pupins; Andris Čeirāns; Vojtech Baláž

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-21-00082

Survey for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Latvian Water Frogs

J Wildl Dis. 2022 Apr 1;58(2):440-444. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00082.

Authors

Alena A Kulikova¹, Aija Pupina², Mihails Pupins², Andris Čeirāns³, Vojtech Baláž⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Monitoring and Cadaster of Wild Animals, The State Scientific and Production Amalgamation, Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Biological Resources, Akademicheskaya 27, 220072, Minsk, Belarus.
² Department of Ecology, Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Parades Street 1A, Daugavpils, Latvia.
³ Project "Amphibian and Reptile Monitoring in Latvia in 2016-2018," Daugavpils University, Vienibas Street 13, Daugavpils, Latvia.
⁴ Department of Ecology and Diseases of Zoo animals, Game, Fish and Bees, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Palackého tř. 1946/1, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic.

PMID: 35255129
DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00082

Abstract

We used quantitative PCR to detect Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) in 135 samples of Pelophylax esculentus complex water frogs from 41 Latvian populations. We detected Bd in 18 populations of water frogs. None of the samples was positive for Bsal.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Anura
Batrachochytrium
Chytridiomycota*
Latvia / epidemiology
Mycoses* / epidemiology
Mycoses* / veterinary
Water

Substances

Water

Supplementary concepts

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans