Reptile Immunology

Stromsland, Katie; Zimmerman, Laura M.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-809633-8.12187-9

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“…Increased basking helps decrease the time between shedding events. These shedding events are a way that reptiles use their innate immune defense to get rid of skin infections ( Stromsland and Zimmerman, 2017 ). While these processes may help snakes to recover, these modifications make snakes easier targets for predation and more likely to die of malnutrition ( Lorch et al., 2015 ).…”

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Incidents of snake fungal disease caused by the fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in Texas

Lizarraga

Hart

Wright

et al. 2023

Front. Fungal Biol.

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The pathogen Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, widely known as the primary cause of snake fungal disease (SFD) has been detected in Texas’s naïve snakes. Our team set out to characterize O. ophidiicola’s spread in eastern Texas. From December 2018 until November 2021, we sampled and screened with ultraviolet (UV) light, 176 snakes across eastern Texas and detected 27. O. ophidiicola’s positive snakes using qPCR and one snake in which SFD was confirmed via additional histological examination. Upon finding the ribbon snake with clear clinical display, we isolated and cultured what we believe to be the first culture from Texas. This cultured O. ophidiicola TX displays a ring halo formation when grown on a solid medium as well as cellular autofluorescence as expected. Imaging reveals individual cells within the septated hyphae branches contain a distinct nucleus separation from neighboring cells. Overall, we have found over 1/10 snakes that may be infected in East Texas, gives credence to the onset of SFD in Texas. These results add to the progress of the disease across the continental United States.

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Incidents of snake fungal disease caused by the fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in Texas

Lizarraga

Hart

Wright

et al. 2023

Front. Fungal Biol.

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“…Increased basking helps decrease the time between shedding events. These shedding events are a way that reptiles use their innate immune defense to get rid of skin infections (Stromsland et al, 2017). While these processes may help snakes to recover, these modifications make snakes easier targets for predation and more likely to die of malnutrition (Lorch et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

Snake Fungal Disease Caused by the Fungal Pathogen Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in Texas

Lizarraga

Hart²,

Nolen³

et al. 2022

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The pathogen Ophidiomyces ophidiicola (O.o.), widely known as the primary cause of snake fungal disease (SFD) has been detected in Texas’s naïve snakes. Our team set out to begin to characterize O. ophidiicola’s spread in east Texas. From July 2019 until October 2021, we sampled 176 snakes across east Texas and detected 27 positives cases (qPCR confirmed 27/176). From a ribbon snake with clear clinical display, we isolated and cultured what we believe to be the Texas isolate of O. ophidiicola. With over 1/10 snakes that may be infected in East Texas, gives credence to the onset of SFD in Texas.

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Carotenoids act on coloration and increase immunity and antioxidant activity in the novel “Yongzhang Golden turtle” strain of Pelodiscus sinensis

Ding²,

Du³

et al. 2023

Aquaculture

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Reptile Immunology

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

Incidents of snake fungal disease caused by the fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in Texas

Incidents of snake fungal disease caused by the fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in Texas

Snake Fungal Disease Caused by the Fungal Pathogen Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in Texas

Carotenoids act on coloration and increase immunity and antioxidant activity in the novel “Yongzhang Golden turtle” strain of Pelodiscus sinensis

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