Table 1 The number of European snake species examined according to sample, if macroscopic lesions were detected and whether the samples were positive for O. ophiodiicola on real-time PCR.
From: Emerging fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in wild European snakes
Species | Sample | Number of samples examined | Number of samples with macroscopic skin lesions detected | Number of real-time PCR-positive samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Grass snake (Natrix natrix) | Carcass | 23 | 12 | 8 |
Moulted skin shed | 164 | 38 | 16 | |
Adder (Vipera berus) | Carcass | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Moulted skin shed | 107 | 20 | 0 | |
Smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) | Moulted skin shed | 31 | 7 | 0 |
Dice snake (Natrix tessellata) | Moulted skin shed | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 336 | 80 | 26 |
