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KMID : 0380420170410010043
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Journal of Prventive Veterinary Medicine
2017 Volume.41 No. 1 p.43 ~ p.46
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Current prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in imported and native frogs in South Korea
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Arayan Lauren Togonon
Huy Tran Xuan Ngoc
Reyes Alisha Wehdnesday Bernardo
Hop Huynh Tan
Cho Byoung-Youl
Cho Jae-Bum
Yu Jin-Ha
Pak Son-Il
Kim Suk
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Abstract
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In Korea, a serious amphibian disease caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been reported from historical samples collected in the 1900s. In this study, we continue to evaluate the current prevalence of chytridiomycosis in the Korean Peninsula and we include imported frogs from America to our analysis. Non-invasive skin swabs were taken from 275 apparently healthy frogs, and Bd was detected in five free living frogs by the nested PCR protocol consisting of two species: Bombina orientalis and Rana catesbeiana, from Gyeongnam and Cheonbuk provinces. These frogs comprised about 2% of the total number of free living samples. This study might be useful for understanding amphibian chytridiomycosis in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Chytridiomycosis, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, frogs, prevalence
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