Impact of antibiotic therapy on cutaneous and gut microbiota in Rana dybowskii amphibians: Insights and implications

X Long, W Dong, X Han, X Han, L Cui, Q Tong - Aquaculture, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are key in combating bacterial infections and halting disease spread, yet their
effects on amphibian gut microbiomes remain poorly understood. Amphibian survival …

Age truncation due to disease shrinks metapopulation viability for amphibians

GW Heard, MP Scroggie, M Hollanders… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Metapopulations often exist in a fragile balance between local extinctions and (re)
colonisations, in which case emerging threats that alter species vital rates may drastically …

Differential recruitment drives pathogen‐mediated competition between species in an amphibian chytridiomycosis system

MJ Mangan, HI McCallum, M West… - Ecological …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogens that infect multiple host species have an increased capacity to cause extinctions
through parasite‐mediated apparent competition. Given unprecedented and continuing …

Coevolution promotes the coexistence of Tasmanian devils and a fatal, transmissible cancer

DT Clement, DG Gallinson, RK Hamede, ME Jones… - …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Emerging infectious diseases threaten natural populations, and data-driven modeling is
critical for predicting population dynamics. Despite the importance of integrating ecology …

Quantifying intraspecific variation in host resistance and tolerance to a lethal pathogen

BM Hardy, E Muths, WC Funk… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Testing for intraspecific variation for host tolerance or resistance in wild populations is
important for informing conservation decisions about captive breeding, translocation, and …

Are novel or locally adapted pathogens more devastating and why? Resolving opposing hypotheses

EL Sauer, MD Venesky, TA McMahon… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There is a rich literature highlighting that pathogens are generally better adapted to infect
local than novel hosts, and a separate seemingly contradictory literature indicating that …

Introduction to the special issue Amphibian immunity: stress, disease and ecoimmunology

VR Assis, J Robert, SCM Titon - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Amphibian populations have been declining worldwide, with global climate changes and
infectious diseases being among the primary causes of this scenario. Infectious diseases …

壶菌及其感染对两栖动物种群影响的研究现状与挑战

何智荣, 吴思雨, 时莹莹, 王雨婷, 江艺欣… - 生物多样 …, 2024 - biodiversity-science.net
加强生物多样性保护与共建地球生命共同体是我国的重大战略. 两栖动物是脊椎动物中生物多样
性受威胁最严重的类群, 两种壶菌Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) 和Batrachochytrium …

PILOT STUDY OF INTRACOELOMIC TERBINAFINE IMPLANTS IN GREATER SIRENS (SIREN LACERTINA)

AE Towe, RH Hardman, S Cox, WC Sheley… - Journal of Zoo and …, 2024 - BioOne
Chytridiomycosis caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been documented in
greater sirens (Siren lacertina) in the wild and in the pet trade. This study evaluated the use …

Current status and challenges on the effects of chytrid infection on amphibian populations

Z He, S Wu, Y Shi, Y Wang, Y Jiang… - Biodiversity …, 2024 - biodiversity-science.net
Background & Aim Strengthening biodiversity conservation and building a community with a
shared future for life on earth is a major strategy for China. Amphibians are the most …