Where did the killer frog fungus come from?

Posted on by TheFishVet - Richmond's School of Fish

How did this fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis), that is decimating frog populations around the world, end up in Australia? Via importation of frogs for zoological departments? Pet trade? Illegal pet trade?

“The word on the street”/apparently, the fungus was inadvertently introduced to Australia through the trade in frogs used for pregnancy testing.

Huge Bummer!

 

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Yours sincerely,

Dr Richmond Loh
BSc BVMS MPhil (Vet Path) MACVSc (Aquatics & Pathobiology) DipPM CMAVA

Veterinarian / Adjunct Lecturer Murdoch University
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