With funding from NWDC members (ME, VT, NH), researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, let by Dr. Richard Gerhold, are developing a serological diagnostic assay for Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (meningeal worm or brain worm).
During the annual meeting of international animal health experts in Paris in summer 2018, international experts agreed to add the salamander-killing fungus (Batrachochytridium salamandrivorans or Bsal) to the OIE (Office International des Epizooties) or the World Organization for Animal Health international list of tracked or “listed” animal diseases.
The following protocol should be used any time work is done in amphibian habitat to prevent contamination and spread of disease.
