brewmaster15
08-26-2023, 08:12 AM
Hi all,
I wanted to bring this to everyones attention due to the seriousness of the issue. There is a fungal disease sweeping through the world called..Chytridiomycosis
Read about it here.
https://www.theaquariumwiki.com/wiki/Chytrid_fungus
This fungus is literally wiping out wild populations of amphibians. As a result there are bans on imports of amphibians but not all are covered... and one common pet, the african clawed frog may be a carrier. These frogs are common in aquariums and may be a source of wild amphibian infection through their tank water...
If you have these frogs or See them at a petshop try and get the petshop to read up on this disease...it really is a nightmare pathogen.
More resources...
https://www.fws.gov/story/2020-07/fighting-chytrid
https://cwhl.vet.cornell.edu/disease/chytridiomycosis
https://amphibiaweb.org/chytrid/chytridiomycosis.html
I wanted to bring this to everyones attention due to the seriousness of the issue. There is a fungal disease sweeping through the world called..Chytridiomycosis
Read about it here.
https://www.theaquariumwiki.com/wiki/Chytrid_fungus
This fungus is literally wiping out wild populations of amphibians. As a result there are bans on imports of amphibians but not all are covered... and one common pet, the african clawed frog may be a carrier. These frogs are common in aquariums and may be a source of wild amphibian infection through their tank water...
If you have these frogs or See them at a petshop try and get the petshop to read up on this disease...it really is a nightmare pathogen.
More resources...
https://www.fws.gov/story/2020-07/fighting-chytrid
https://cwhl.vet.cornell.edu/disease/chytridiomycosis
https://amphibiaweb.org/chytrid/chytridiomycosis.html