Tag Archives: Wildlife and Fisheries

New Information about the Transmission of the Amphibian Pathogen, Bsal

The strategy of social distancing currently being used to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic also works to reduce the rate of Bsal transmission among newts. A University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture study shows that reducing host contacts by either reducing salamander density or increasing spatial separation between them reduces the rate of Bsal transmission. …

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