Investigating the Impact of Group Holding on the Transfer of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola DNA in Free-Ranging Lake Erie Watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon insularum)

Kennymac Durante; Ellen Haynes; Kathryn Vivirito; Kristin Stanford; Matthew C. Allender

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-21-00010

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Kennymac Durante,^1,* Ellen Haynes,¹ Kathryn Vivirito,¹ Kristin Stanford,² Matthew C. Allender^1,3

¹Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, 2001 S Lincoln Ave., Urbana, Illinois 61802, USA
²Franz Theodore Stone Laboratory, The Ohio State University, 878 Bayview Ave., Put-In-Bay, Ohio 43456, USA
³Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Golf Rd., Brookfield, Illinois 60513, USA

^*Corresponding author (email: durante4@illinois.edu)

Abstract

Ophidiomycosis threatens snakes worldwide. We swabbed free-ranging Lake Erie watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon insularum) for quantitative PCR detection of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola before and after group and individual holding in pillowcases. Our results indicate that group, rather than individual, holding does not significantly increase detection of O. ophidiicola DNA.

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Kennymac Durante, Ellen Haynes, Kathryn Vivirito, Kristin Stanford, and Matthew C. Allender "Investigating the Impact of Group Holding on the Transfer of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola DNA in Free-Ranging Lake Erie Watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon insularum)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 57(4), 980-982, (11 October 2021). https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-21-00010

Received: 24 January 2021; Accepted: 10 June 2021; Published: 11 October 2021

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