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disease chytridiomycosis
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Chytridiomycosis Disease
About
The disease
-This disease lasts about 2 - 6 weeks.
- This disease came from southern africa.
-The chytrid fungus only attacks the part of a frogs skin that has keratin in it.(hands and feet)
Contagious
Contagious
The disease is very infectious to most amphibians.
This disease is not known to affect human beings.
Symptoms
of chytridiomycosis
- Skin becoming red
- Shedding more than needed
- Abnormal posture
- "Seizures"
- Strange behavior, ex: nocturnal animals, species being active in the day.
Nocturnal
Animals
Examples of nocturnal animals
Nocturnal meaning
- Bats
- Owls
- Hedgehogs
- Moths
- Foxes
The word "Nocturnal" is an adjective that describes: happening or being active at night.
Cause
Of the disease
The disease is caused by the chytrid fungus (batrachochochytrium dendrobatidis)
this dangerous fungus is capable of causing unpredictable deaths in some amphibian populations worldwide.
Cause
History
Of chytridiomycosis
Chytridiomycosis has affected over 700 species and made over 90 species go extinct on all continents where amphibians are.
It was first discovered in dead and dying frogs located in Queensland 1993
(There has not been a mass infection from what I believe.)
History
Cure
For chytridiomycosis
The cure to chytridiomycosis is to increase the enclosure or water temperature to around 30 - 37 degrees celsius for over 16 hours to cure frogs and toads who suffer from chytridiomycosis