OPHIDIOMYCES OPHIODIICOLA ON A CAPTIVE BLACK RACER (COLUBER CONSTRICTOR) AND A GARTER SNAKE (THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS) IN PENNSYLVANIA

Mana Ohkura; Jeremy J. Worley; James E. Hughes-Hallett; Jenny S. Fisher; Brenda C. Love; A. Elizabeth Arnold; Marc J. Orbach

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1 March 2016 OPHIDIOMYCES OPHIODIICOLA ON A CAPTIVE BLACK RACER (COLUBER CONSTRICTOR) AND A GARTER SNAKE (THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS) IN PENNSYLVANIA

Mana Ohkura, Jeremy J. Worley, James E. Hughes-Hallett, Jenny S. Fisher, Brenda C. Love, A. Elizabeth Arnold, Marc J. Orbach

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J. of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 47(1):341-346 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1638/2015-0123.1

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Two snakes were presented to the Pennsylvania State University Animal Diagnostic Laboratory with one suffering from external lesions where the scales were raised and discolored, and the other with oral lesions and swelling extending to the left eye, which was opaque. Histopathological analysis revealed multifocal granulomas containing fungal hyphae. Morphological and DNA sequence analyses revealed both suffered from infection by Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, an emerging pathogen of snakes. This is the first report of this disease in Pennsylvania.

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Mana Ohkura, Jeremy J. Worley, James E. Hughes-Hallett, Jenny S. Fisher, Brenda C. Love, A. Elizabeth Arnold, and Marc J. Orbach "OPHIDIOMYCES OPHIODIICOLA ON A CAPTIVE BLACK RACER (COLUBER CONSTRICTOR) AND A GARTER SNAKE (THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS) IN PENNSYLVANIA," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 47(1), 341-346, (1 March 2016). https://doi.org/10.1638/2015-0123.1

Received: 1 June 2015; Published: 1 March 2016

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