Researchers are providing new information and guidance on monitoring and managing viruses that cause life-threatening diseases in amphibians, reptiles and fish, as detailed in the second edition of Ranaviruses: Emerging Pathogens of Ectothermic Vertebrates.
The new book is edited by Matt Gray, associate director of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Center for Wildlife Health and professor in the School of Natural Resources, and V. Gregory Chinchar, a professor emeritus at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Ranavirus infections result in mass die-offs of both wild and captive populations of amphibians, reptiles and fish around the world affecting biodiversity and ecosystems. Cases of infection or disease have been confirmed in at least 177 amphibian species, 49 fish species and 37 reptile species…