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Development of a rapid diagnostic test for chytrid fungus affecting amphibians world-wide

Picture of mass of dead frogs due to chytridiomycosis

A team of Exeter scientists working closely with Paignton Zoo, hope to prevent the spread of the amphibian fungal disease Chytridiomycosis by developing a quick and easy tool to detect the presence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in the field.

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