Eight free-ranging timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) from two geographically isolated Massachusetts populations were observed with skin lesions located primarily on the head but occasionally also on the lateral and ventral surfaces of the body. The snakes underwent health assessments that included physical examination, clinical pathology, full body radiographs, and full thickness biopsies of skin lesions. Each snake had fungal elements present histologically in tissue sections from skin lesions. Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola was identified from skin lesions using polymerase chain reaction in all eight snakes.
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1 March 2015
OPHIDIOMYCES OPHIODIICOLA DERMATITIS IN EIGHT FREE-RANGING TIMBER RATTLESNAKES (CROTALUS HORRIDUS) FROM MASSACHUSETTS
Michael P. McBride,
Kimberlee B. Wojick,
Timothy A. Georoff,
Jason Kimbro,
Michael M. Garner,
Xiaoling Wang,
April L. Childress,
James F. X. Wellehan
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Crotalus horridus
dermatomycosis
Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola
timber rattlesnake
