title: Mortality in northern corroboree frog tadpoles (Pseudophryne pengilleyi) associated with Tetrahymena-like infection.
abstract: METHODS
  Mortality of northern corroboree frog tadpoles and eggs occurred in association with Tetrahymena-like ciliates. The predominant lesions in the tadpoles were inflammation and necrosis of the dermis and skeletal muscle. Some of the egg capsules also contained ciliates, but were overgrown with bacteria and fungi.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Disease occurred, secondary to underlying husbandry issues, and resolved following their correction.
authors.affiliation: Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, RMB 141, Via Tharwa, Australia Capital Territory, 2620, Australia. holz@megalink.com.au.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Holz
authors.affiliation: Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, RMB 141, Via Tharwa, Australia Capital Territory, 2620, Australia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Portas
authors.affiliation: Australian Registry of Wildlife Health, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Donahoe
authors.affiliation: Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crameri
authors.affiliation: Australian Registry of Wildlife Health, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000469:parasitology*; D016770:Ciliophora Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007814:Larva / Q000469:parasitology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D013768:Tetrahymena / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*
keywords: Pseudophryne pengilleyi; Tetrahymena; northern corroboree frog