title: OPHIDIOMYCES OPHIODIICOLA ON A CAPTIVE BLACK RACER (COLUBER CONSTRICTOR) AND A GARTER SNAKE (THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS) IN PENNSYLVANIA.
abstract: Two snakes were presented to the Pennsylvania State University Animal Diagnostic Laboratory with one suffering from external lesions where the scales were raised and discolored, and the other with oral lesions and swelling extending to the left eye, which was opaque. Histopathological analysis revealed multifocal granulomas containing fungal hyphae. Morphological and DNA sequence analyses revealed both suffered from infection by Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, an emerging pathogen of snakes. This is the first report of this disease in Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Mana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohkura
authors.forename: Jeremy J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Worley
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hughes-Hallett
authors.forename: Jenny S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Brenda C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: A Elizabeth
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Marc J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Orbach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012911:Snakes / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Aleuriospores; Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola; arthrospores; molecular phylogenetics; snakes