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DAO 110:235-240 (2014)  -  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02757

Detection of the emerging amphibian pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and ranavirus in Russia

Andrey N. Reshetnikov1,*, Tara Chestnut2,3, Jesse L. Brunner4, Kaylene Charles5, Emily E. Nebergall6, Deanna H. Olson7

1Severtsov Ecology & Evolution Institute, Leninskiy 33, Moscow 119071, Russia
2Oregon State University, Environmental Science Graduate Program, 3029 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
3US Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, 2130 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201, USA
4Washington State University, School of Biological Sciences, PO Box 644236, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
5US Geological Survey, National Research Program, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, USA
6Oregon State University, Department of Microbiology, 204 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
7US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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ABSTRACT: In a population of the European common toad Bufo bufo from a rural pond in the region of Lake Glubokoe Regional Reserve in Moscow province, Russia, unexplained mass mortality events involving larvae and metamorphs have been observed over a monitoring period of >20 yr. We tested toads from this and a nearby site for the emerging amphibian pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and ranavirus (Rv). Both pathogens were detected, and at the rural pond site, with the above-noted losses and decline in toad breeding success, 40% of B. bufo metamorphs were Bd positive, 46% were Rv positive and 20% were co-infected with both pathogens. Toad metamorphs from a neighbouring water body were also Bd and Rv positive (25 and 55%, respectively). This is the first confirmation of these pathogens in Russia. Questions remain as to the origins of these pathogens in Russia and their roles in documented mass mortality events.


KEY WORDS: Amphibians · Chytridiomycosis · European common toad · Population fluctuations


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Cite this article as: Reshetnikov AN, Chestnut T, Brunner JL, Charles K, Nebergall EE, Olson DH (2014) Detection of the emerging amphibian pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and ranavirus in Russia. Dis Aquat Org 110:235-240. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02757

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