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Froglife's work on amphibian disease, working with our partners the Institute of Zoology, has been on-going for over 20 years. Over this period we have collected information on amphibian mortalities from over 4,500 gardens, recording information on over 62,000 dead amphibians. In 2007 Froglife began work on the Rana Project, a European research project to monitor the spread of an amphibian disease known as ranavirus. This virus can have a significant local effect on frog populations. Many questions about the disease have yet to be answered. The Rana Project is working to assess the threat of systemic iridoviruses - ranaviruses - to farmed and wild freshwater fish and amphibians. Combining new laboratory methods for the detection and differentiation of ranaviruses with a survey of ornamental fish and pet or wild amphibians and a risk assessment model, the project hopes to clarify the risk of ranavirus to the European aquatic environment. When positive incidences of ranavirus are reported to our Wildlife Information and Data Service, Froglife pass details onto to CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) and the Institute of Zoology so that specimens can be collected for further analysis where appropriate. If you have found amphibians that you suspect are infected with ranavirus please report them to us - information on the disease can be found here: Froglife: information on ranavirus.
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