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PREVALENCE OF INFECTION BY BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS AND RANAVIRUS IN EASTERN HELLBENDERS (CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS ALLEGANIENSIS) IN EASTERN TENNESSEE
1 Jul 2012
Abstract excerpt
Hellbenders (n=97) were collected from the Little and Hiwassee Rivers in eastern Tennessee, USA, during 2009 and 2010. Location and morphometrics for each animal were recorded, and nonlethal tissue samples were collected to estimate the prevalence of infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Ranavirus in each watershed and year. Real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed on skin swabs for Bd...
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