Amphibian Commerce and the Spread of Infectious Disease in Wildlife
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Published on 2008 by ProQuest
Wildlife trade occurs globally. Pathogens also move with wildlife through trade, and may be released into naive populations with unpredictable outcomes. These outcomes could include declines or extinctions of the naive host population resulting from the introduced pathogen, and subsequent negative effects on the ecosystem. Amphibians are moved commercially as pets, food, bait, and for biomedical research or clinical applications. Two amphibian pathogens of concern in the wildlife trade are the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and ranaviruses. These pathogens are associated with annual die-offs, longer term population declines, and extinction in amphibian species. The tiger salamander bait trade is used as a model for studying how the trade in wildlife contributes to the anthropogenic spread of amphibian pathogens, also known as pathogen pollution.
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