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First Global Amphibian & Reptile Disease (GARD) Conference
University of Tennessee Conference Center Knoxville, TNPurpose and Goal Extinction rates of herpetofauna are 60X greater than background extinction rates, and 2 – 4X greater than other vertebrate groups. A primary cause of herpetofauna population declines and species extinctions is emerging infectious diseases. Snake fungal disease, pond turtle shell disease, ranaviral disease and chytridiomycosis are a few of the diseases contributing […]
