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Animals may display one or more of the following symptoms:
Drowsiness (lethargy).
Abnormal wasting (emaciation).
Redness of the skin (erythema).
Skin ulcers or sores.
Bleeding (systemic
haemorrhaging), especially from mouth/anus.
Breakdown of limbs (limb
necrosis).
Eye problems.
There are two main disease syndromes (internal bleeding and skin
ulceration) and animals can suffer either or both. If the animal
is suffering from skin ulcerations then it will take longer for
the animal to die, therefore those suffering with this will be
those more likely to be in poorer body condition. However,
animals can have the disease but show no clinical signs of
infection.
Similarly, you may see animals which are suffering
from some of the symptoms but there is another cause - ranavirus
is only active in warm temperatures so animals found outside
the summer months are more likely to have died from
something
else.
The only way to test for ranavirus is to analyse one of the dead
frogs. We coordinate the submission of ranavirus samples for
research projects so if you think your frogs have been infected
please get
in touch so we can confirm this and instruct you on what to
do next.
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