Brome McCreary demonstrates pathogen sampling methods for colleagues

BsalSwabbing - The rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) is a native western species susceptible to the salamander chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), in laboratory studies. USGS ARMI researchers and partners are conducting a national surveillance effort for Bsal, which is currently not known to exist in North America. Here, Brome McCreary demonstrates pathogen sampling methods for colleagues