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)