Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: We report a new survey for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in Turkey. We swabbed 228 individuals of 7 amphibian species (from 5 families) living in 2 locations (26-August National Park and the Turkish Lakes District) in the southwestern Anatolian region. The infection intensity of all the samples was determined using quantitative PCR. All 4 amphibian breeding sites and 4 amphibian species in 26-August National Park were infected by Bd, with the prevalence at each site ranging from 8 to 29%. Only 1 species was sampled from Beysehir Lake near the conservation area Beysehir Natural Park, but these samples were notable for their high detection rates (prevalence of 32.11%). This study reports the first records of Bd infecting wild Pelophylax ridibundus, Hyla orientalis, Pseudepidalea variabilis, and endemic Beysehir frogs Pelophylax caralitanus.
Source: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
DOI: 10.3354/dao02742
Institutions: Afyon Kocatepe University, Üsküdar University
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi
OpenAlex ID: W1968609158