Threat Abatement Plan for Infection of amphibians with chytrid fungus resulting in chytridiomycosis
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Action group 3.3 – Research pathogenesis
Action 3.3.1: Determine the pathogenesis of chytridiomycosis including the host and environmental factors that determine the ultimate outcome of infection, i.e. death, persistent infection with no obvious effect, and cure (Category 1).
Action 3.3.2: Investigate surviving robust populations of species that have undergone widespread decline and determine whether management interventions can reproduce the factors that maintain these populations (Category 1).
Action 3.3.3: Determine the susceptibility and resistance of key amphibian species to chytridiomycosis using a standard laboratory model that relates to risk in the wild, particularly for species that are currently chytridiomycosis-free (Category 1).
Action 3.3.4: Perform research for evidence of resistance (and techniques to increase resistance) in at-risk species, including captive breeding and selection for restocking (Category 1).
Action 3.3.5: Assess the effect of management activities, designed to improve environmental suitability or general amphibian well-being, on the morbidity and mortality due to chytridiomycosis in chronically infected amphibian populations (Category 2).