Box turtles and amphibians now sharing disease.

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Ranaviruses are members of the Iridovirus family and may infect insects, fish, amphibians, and turtles. This group includes the largemouth bass virus (LMBV) and Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV). Ranavirus infection in amphibians typically causes death in larvae or recently metamorphosed individuals and infected individuals often have ulcers on their skin. Turtles typically show signs of skin lesions, respiratory distress, and multiple organ failure...........


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I am wondering as they collected the over 900 box turtles did they keep some of them together before they were returned to the wild, this could increase the number of infected animals, I remember when they started this project but had no idea they found so many. Len
 

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GeoTerraTestudo said:
Hmm ... looks like habitat fragmentation is leading to proliferation of this disease. Very sad. :(

I agree with habitat destruction being the primary cause of these diseases. Tragic how diseases are almost everywhere and it's usually related to humans. :(
 
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