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  What is Chytrid?

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Photo by Barry Kemp (uninfected frog)
Chytridiomycosis is a disease that gained attention in late 90s and is recognized as a global pathogen of amphibians causing global declines and species extinctions. 

The disease is caused by a fungus  (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) that  infects the skin of adult amphibians and the mouthparts of tadpoles.

Chytrid  has now been identified in the UK.



If surveying multiple ponds more than 250m away some precautions should be taken : 

Rinse boots and nets in Virkon                               
OR      
Allow them to dry out between visits.


Click here to find out more about the 2011 Chytrid Survey in the UK

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