نوع مقاله : مروری
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گروه علوم و مهندسی محیط زیست دانشکده منابع طبیعی پردیس کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی کرج دانشگاه تهران
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نویسنده [English]
In recent years, scientists and environmentalists have made great efforts to protect amphibians and reduce their extinction rate. The pathogenic agent Chytrid is one of the most significant threats to amphibian species and has so far led to 90 of them falling into the vortex of extinction. Chytrid is an abbreviation for chytridiomycosis, a deadly disease that can cause lethargy in amphibians and stop them from eating. The results of recent studies and research indicate that a new method called “frog sauna” has been investigated in controlling this disease and creating immunity in individuals, and has shown positive results. In the frog sauna treatment method, infected individuals overcome the disease by increasing the environmental temperature, and over time they also develop stronger immunity and resistance to infection-causing agents. By placing the green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea) in an environment equipped with sun-heated brick blocks, which are in fact small greenhouses, they gain the ability to recover from Chytrid, making them more resistant to the disease in the future. Scientists have now shown that small plastic-covered shelters can help frogs get warm enough to kill the fungus, thus controlling and eliminating the extinction threat in many amphibian species.
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