Ranaviruses in captive and wild Australian lizards
Ranaviral infections have been associated with mass mortality events in captive and wild amphibian, fish, and reptile populations globally. In Australia, two distinct types of ranaviruses have been isolated: epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus in fish and a Frog virus 3-like ranavirus in amphibi...
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Canadian Science Publishing
2020-09-01
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| author | Alicia Maclaine Wytamma T. Wirth Donald T. McKnight Graham W. Burgess Ellen Ariel |
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| description | Ranaviral infections have been associated with mass mortality events in captive and wild amphibian, fish, and reptile populations globally. In Australia, two distinct types of ranaviruses have been isolated: epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus in fish and a Frog virus 3-like ranavirus in amphibians. Experimental studies and serum surveys have demonstrated that several Australian native fish, amphibian, and reptile species are susceptible to infection and supported the theory that ranavirus is naturally circulating in Australian herpetofauna. However, ranaviral infections have not been detected in captive or wild lizards in Australia. Oral-cloacal swabs were collected from 42 wild lizards from northern Queensland and 83 captive lizards from private collections held across three states/territories. Samples were tested for ranaviral DNA using a quantitative PCR assay. This assay detected ranaviral DNA in 30/83 (36.1%) captive and 33/42 (78.6%) wild lizard samples. This is the first time molecular evidence of ranavirus has been reported in Australian lizards. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ccacb5f8bdf44b37a91c57a4fea6b6c02022-12-22T04:06:58ZengCanadian Science PublishingFACETS2371-16712020-09-015175876810.1139/facets-2020-0011Ranaviruses in captive and wild Australian lizardsAlicia Maclaine0Wytamma T. Wirth1Donald T. McKnight2Graham W. Burgess3Ellen Ariel4College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, AustraliaCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, AustraliaCollege of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, AustraliaCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, AustraliaCollege of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, AustraliaRanaviral infections have been associated with mass mortality events in captive and wild amphibian, fish, and reptile populations globally. In Australia, two distinct types of ranaviruses have been isolated: epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus in fish and a Frog virus 3-like ranavirus in amphibians. Experimental studies and serum surveys have demonstrated that several Australian native fish, amphibian, and reptile species are susceptible to infection and supported the theory that ranavirus is naturally circulating in Australian herpetofauna. However, ranaviral infections have not been detected in captive or wild lizards in Australia. Oral-cloacal swabs were collected from 42 wild lizards from northern Queensland and 83 captive lizards from private collections held across three states/territories. Samples were tested for ranaviral DNA using a quantitative PCR assay. This assay detected ranaviral DNA in 30/83 (36.1%) captive and 33/42 (78.6%) wild lizard samples. This is the first time molecular evidence of ranavirus has been reported in Australian lizards.https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139/facets-2020-0011ranavirusaustraliareptileslizardsintellagama lesueurii lesueuriipogona vitticeps |
| spellingShingle | Alicia Maclaine Wytamma T. Wirth Donald T. McKnight Graham W. Burgess Ellen Ariel Ranaviruses in captive and wild Australian lizards FACETS ranavirus australia reptiles lizards intellagama lesueurii lesueurii pogona vitticeps |
| title | Ranaviruses in captive and wild Australian lizards |
| title_full | Ranaviruses in captive and wild Australian lizards |
| title_fullStr | Ranaviruses in captive and wild Australian lizards |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ranaviruses in captive and wild Australian lizards |
| title_short | Ranaviruses in captive and wild Australian lizards |
| title_sort | ranaviruses in captive and wild australian lizards |
| topic | ranavirus australia reptiles lizards intellagama lesueurii lesueurii pogona vitticeps |
| url | https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139/facets-2020-0011 |
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