Table 1 Prevalence of the chytrid fungi at each private collection. N indicates number of samples collected; Pos. refers to positives confirmed in both laboratories; and Unc. Pos. refers to unconfirmed positives. Collections 1, 3 and 4 were sampled a second time after a heat treatment was applied. (*) indicates collection on which mortality was detected32. Loads are presented as medians of zoospores per swab.
From: Asymptomatic infection of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in captivity
Origin | N | Bd | Load (IQR) | Bsal | Load (IQR) | Unc. Pos. | Load (IQR) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pos. | Pos. | |||||||
Collection1 | Hesse | |||||||
*May.2015 | 22 | 0 | — | 17 | 923.4 (1430.3) | 4 | 1701.9 (2822.5) | |
Nov.2015 | 30 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection2 | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||||||
Jun.2015 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection3 | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||||||
Aug.2015 | 31 | 0 | — | 1 | 1.98 | 1 | 3.02 | |
Oct.2015 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection4 | Lower Saxony | |||||||
Aug.2015 | 81 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Nov.2015 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection5 | Saxony | |||||||
Aug.2015 | 105 | 0 | — | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 0.1 (68.1) | |
Sep.2015 | 42 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection6 | Baden-Württemberg | |||||||
Aug.2015 | 26 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection7 | Saxony-Anhalt | |||||||
Aug.2015 | 32 | 2 | 10.1 (13.6) | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection8 | Saxony | |||||||
Aug.2015 | 25 | 0 | — | 2 | 1.6 (1.7) | 1 | 0.1 | |
Collection9 | Baden-Württemberg | |||||||
Sep.2015 | 18 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection10 | Baden-Württemberg | |||||||
Sep.2015 | 30 | 3 | 10.1 (7.0) | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection11 | Baden-Württemberg | |||||||
Sep.2015 | 60 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection12 | Hesse | |||||||
Sep.2015 | 19 | 1 | 11.5 | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection13 | North Rhine-Westphalia | |||||||
Oct.2015 | 7 | 0 | — | 1 | 203.8 | 0 | — | |
Collection14 | Rhineland-Palatinate | |||||||
Oct.2015 | 35 | 1 | 2.21 | 0 | — | 1 | 180.7 | |
Collection15 | Baden-Württemberg | |||||||
Oct.2015 | 25 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection16 | Bavaria | |||||||
Nov.2015 | 19 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection17 | Lower Saxony | |||||||
Nov.2015 | 61 | 0 | — | 1 | 2.4 | 5 | 4.6 (4.7) | |
Collection18 | Baden-Württemberg | |||||||
Jan.2016 | 18 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |
Collection19 | Sweden | |||||||
05.2016 | 54 | 3 | 89.9 (334.7) | 0 | — | 1 | 31.7 | |
Collection20 | Sweden | |||||||
May.2016 | 146 | 3 | 4.5 (15.5) | 0 | — | 2 | 335.4 (344.3) | |
TOTAL | 918 | 13 | 10.1 (19.2) | 23 | 211.2 (1094.4) | 18 | 5.7 (283.3) |