Temperature, hydric environment, and prior pathogen exposure alter the experimental severity of chytridiomycosis in boreal toads

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-42

  Murphy, Peter J ^a,c   St Hilaire, Sophie ^a   Corn, Paul Stephen ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunity; Boreal toads; Chytridiomycosis; Disease severity; Moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; MORTALITY RISK; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TOAD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BOREAS; BUFO; BUFO BOREAS BOREAS;

EID: 79957586596     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02336     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Allison PD (1995) Survival analysis using SAS: a practical guide. SAS Institute, Cary, NC
2. Andre SE, Parker J, Briggs CJ (2008) Effect of temperature on host response to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa). J Wildl Dis 44:716-720
3. Annis SL, Dastoor FP, Ziel H, Daszak P, Longcore JE (2004) A DNA-based assay identifies Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians. J Wildl Dis 40:420-428 (Pubitemid 39342310)
4. Bartelt PE, Peterson CR, Klaver RW (2004) Sexual differences in the post-breeding movements and habitats selected by western toads (Bufo boreas) in southeastern Idaho. Herpetologica 60:455-467 (Pubitemid 39651373)
5. Berger L, Speare R, Hines HB, Marantelli G and others (2004) Effect of season and temperature on mortality in amphibians due to chytridiomycosis. Aust Vet J 82:434-439 (Pubitemid 44204324)
6. Brem F M R, Lips KR (2008) Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection patterns among Panamanian amphibian species, habitats and elevations during epizootic and enzootic stages. Dis Aquat Org 81:189-202
7. Briggs CJ, Knapp RA, Vredenburg VT (2010) Enzootic and epizootic dynamics of the chytrid fungal pathogen in amphibians. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107:9695-9700
8. Bustamante HM, Livo LJ, Carey C (2010) Effects of temperature and hydric environment on survival of the Panamanian golden frog infected with a pathogenic chytrid fungus. Integrative Zool 5:143-153
9. Carey C (1978) Factors affecting body temperatures of toads. Oecologia 35:197-208
10. Carey C, Cohen N, Rollins-Smith L (1999) Amphibian declines: an immunological perspective. Dev Comp Immunol 23:459-472 (Pubitemid 29399853)
11. Carey C, Bruzgul JE, Livo LJ, Walling ML and others (2006) Experimental exposures of boreal toads (Bufo boreas) to a pathogenic chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). EcoHealth 3:5-21 (Pubitemid 43363639)
12. Corn PS (2007) Amphibians and disease: implications for conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Yellowstone Sci 15:11-16
13. Goebel AM, Ranker TA, Corn PS, Olmstead RG (2009) Mitochondrial DNA evolution in the Anaxyrus boreas species group. Mol Phylogenet Evol 50:209-225
14. Hammerson GA (1999) Amphibians and reptiles in Colorado, 2nd edn. University of Colorado Press and Colorado Division of Wildlife, Boulder, CO
15. Harris RN, James TY, Lauer A, Simon MA, Patel A (2006) Amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is inhibited by cutaneous bacteria of amphibian species. EcoHealth 3:53-56 (Pubitemid 43363645)
16. Hawk JE (2000) Amphibian declines in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Do thermally influenced waters protect boreal toads from bacterial disease? MS dissertation, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
17. Hossack BR, Eby LA, Guscio CG, Corn PS (2009) Thermal characteristics of toad microhabitats on a patchy landscape: potential benefits from wildfire. For Ecol Manag 258:1414-1421
18. Hutchison VH, Dupré RK (2002) Thermoregulation. In: Feder ME, Burggren WW (eds) Environmental physiology of the amphibians. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, p 206-249
19. Johnson ML, Berger L, Philips L, Speare R (2003) Fungicidal effects of chemical disinfectants, UV light, desiccation and heat on the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Dis Aquat Org 57:255-260 (Pubitemid 38908533)
20. Kirshtein JD, Anderson CW, Wood JS, Longcore JE, Voytek MA (2007) Quantitative PCR detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis DNA from sediments and water. Dis Aquat Org 77:11-15 (Pubitemid 351547082)
21. Kluger MJ (1978) The evolution and adaptive value of fever. Am Sci 66:38-43
22. Kriger KM, Hero JM (2007) The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is non-randomly distributed across amphibian breeding habitats. Divers Distrib 13:781-788 (Pubitemid 47622027)
23. Lamirande EW, Nichols DK (2002) Effects of host age on the susceptibility to cutaneous chytridiomycosis in blue-andyellow poison dart frogs (Dendrobates tinctorius). In: McKinnell RG, Carlson DL (eds) 6th Int Symp Pathol Reptiles Amphibians, Saint Paul, MN, p 3-13
24. Lips KR, Reeve JD, Witters LR (2003) Ecological traits predicting amphibian population declines in Central America. Conserv Biol 17:1078-1088 (Pubitemid 37435366)
25. Longcore JE, Pessier AP, Nichols DK (1999) Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis gen. et sp. nov., a chytrid pathogenic to amphibians. Mycologia 91:219-227 (Pubitemid 29157942)
26. Longcore JR, Longcore JE, Pessier AP, Halteman WA (2007) Chytridiomycosis widespread in anurans of northeastern United States. J Wildl Manag 71:435-444
27. Marcum RD, St-Hilaire S, Murphy PJ, Rodnick KJ (2010) Effects of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection on ion concentrations in the boreal toad Anaxyrus (Bufo) boreas boreas. Dis Aquat Org 91:17-21
28. Matutte B, Storey KB, Knoop FC, Conlon JM (2000) Induction of synthesis of an antimicrobial peptide in the skin of the freeze-tolerant frog, Rana sylvatica, in response to environmental stimuli. FEBS Lett 483:135-138
29. McDonald KR, Méndez D, Müller R, Freeman AB, Speare R (2005) Decline in the prevalence of chytridiomycosis in frog populations in North Queensland, Australia. Pac Conserv Biol 11:114-120 (Pubitemid 40974507)
30. Murphy PJ, St-Hilaire S, Bruer S, Corn PS, Peterson CR (2009) Distribution and pathogenicity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in boreal toads from the Grand Teton area of western Wyoming. EcoHealth 6:109-120
31. Murray KA, Skerratt LF, Speare R, McCallum H (2009) Impact and dynamics of disease in species threatened by the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Conserv Biol 23:1242-1252
32. Muths E, Corn PS, Pessier AP, Green DE (2003) Evidence for disease-related amphibian decline in Colorado. Biol Conserv 110:357-365 (Pubitemid 36238315)
33. Padgett-Flohr GE (2008) Pathogenicity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in two threatened California amphibians: Rana draytonii and Ambystoma californiense. Herpetol Conserv Biol 3:182-191
34. Pilliod DS, Muths E, Scherer RD, Bartelt PE and others (2010) Effects of the amphibian chytrid fungus on toad survival. Conserv Biol 24:1259-1267
35. Piotrowski JS, Annis SL, Longcore JE (2004) Physiology of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a chytrid pathogen of amphibians. Mycologia 96:9-15 (Pubitemid 38300150)
36. Pounds JA, Bustamante MR, Coloma LA, Consuegra JA and others (2006) Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming. Nature 439:161-167 (Pubitemid 43083133)
37. Ramsey JP, Reinert LK, Harper LK, Woodhams DC, Rollins-Smith LA (2010) Immune defenses against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a fungus linked to global amphibian declines, in the South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. Infect Immun 78:3981-3992
38. Richards-Zawacki CL (2009) Thermoregulatory behaviour affects prevalence of chytrid fungal infection in a wild population of Panamanian golden frogs. Proc R Soc B 277:519-528
39. Richmond JQ, Savage AE, Zamudio KR, Rosenblum EB (2009) Toward immunogenetic studies of amphibian chytridiomycosis: linking innate and acquired immunity. Bioscience 59:311-320
40. Rollins-Smith LA, Carey C, Longcore J, Doersam JK, Boutte A, Bruzgal JE, Conlon JM (2002) Activity of antimicrobial skin peptides from ranid frogs against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the chytrid fungus associated with global amphibian declines. Dev Comp Immunol 26:471-479 (Pubitemid 34213775)
41. Rollins-Smith LA, Ramsey JP, Reinert LK, Woodhams DC, Livo LJ, Carey C (2009) Immune defenses of Xenopus laevis against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Front Biosci S1:68-91
42. Rosenblum EB, Poorten TJ, Settles M, Murdoch GK, Robert J, Maddox N, Eisen MB (2009) Genome-wide transcriptional response of Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis to infection with the deadly chytrid fungus. PLoS ONE 4: e6494
43. Rowley J J L, Alford RA (2007) Non-contact infrared thermometers can accurately measure amphibian body temperatures. Herpetol Rev 38:308-311 (Pubitemid 47463104)
44. Skerratt LF, Berger L, Speare R, Cashins S and others (2007) Spread of chytridiomycosis has caused the rapid global decline and extinction of frogs. EcoHealth 4:125-134 (Pubitemid 47038075)
45. Voyles J, Young S, Berger L, Campbell C and others (2009) Pathogenesis of chytridiomycosis, a cause of catastrophic amphibian declines. Science 326:582-585
46. Woodhams DC, Alford RA (2005) Ecology of chytridiomycosis in rainforest stream frog assemblages of tropical Queensland. Conserv Biol 19:1449-1459 (Pubitemid 41718149)
47. Woodhams DC, Alford RA, Marantelli G (2003) Emerging disease of amphibians cured by elevated body temperature. Dis Aquat Org 55:65-67 (Pubitemid 36872537)
48. Woodhams DC, Voyles J, Lips KR, Carey C, Rollins-Smith LA (2006) Predicted susceptibility in a Panamanian amphibian assemblage based on skin peptide defenses. J Wildl Dis 42:207-218 (Pubitemid 44317377)
49. Woodhams DC, Ardipradja K, Alford RA, Marantelli G, Reinert LK, Rollins-Smith LA (2007) Resistance to chytridiomycosis varies among amphibian species and is correlated with skin peptide defenses. Anim Conserv 10:409-417 (Pubitemid 350020088)