First Steps Toward a National Strategic Plan for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
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Bsal National Strategic Plan: Responding to a Continental Threat
PARC National Disease Task TeamUniversity of TennesseeCenter for Wildlife Health
Matthew J. Gray F. Pasmans, Ghent Univ.
Robertville, Belgium
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USGS Bsal “National Response” MeetingJohn Wesley Powell Center for Analysis & Synthesis
23-25 June 2015
Mike AdamsEvan GrantErin Muths
Stefano CanessaRachel Katz
https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/
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USGS Bsal “National Response” Meeting30 Scientists
18 Gov’t Agencies, 11 Universities, and 4 International Scientists
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Brainstorming Sessions
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Organizational Structure
TAC Co-Chairs: Dede Olson (USFS), Jenn Ballard (USFWS)
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Working Group Interactions
Highly Interdependent
Communication is Essential
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Surveillance Working Group
Chair: Mike Adams, USGS Email: [email protected]
Develop standardized protocols for surveillance (e.g., n, sample design) in
captive & wild populations.
List of priority ports & industries (captive), priority regions (wild), and
priority species (captive & wild).
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Diagnostics Working Group
Chair: Jenn Ballard, USFWS Email: [email protected]
Develop standardized protocols for sample collection, decontamination, and Bsal testing.
• Biosecurity (disinfectants, animal handling)• Swabbing procedures• Swab preservation• Shipping procedures• Diagnostic laboratories
Bsal Testing• Preferred qPCR Protocol• Confirming Potentially
Positive Cases• Response Team
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Response Working Group
Chair: Priya Nanjappa, AFWA & PARC Email: [email protected]
Identify actions that occur if positive cases of Bsal infection or salamander
chytridiomycosis are confirmed.
DevelopGuidelines
State/Provincial Actions Plans
Following WNS Model
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Research Working Group
Chair: Reid Harris, James Madison UniversityEmail: [email protected]
Identify priority research areas for Bsal, encourage collaboration, and share findings with working groups and the public quickly.
• Containment • Species Susceptibility• Transmission Pathways• Detection and Diagnosis
Testing Susceptibility• Priority Species List
• Standardized Procedures for Challenges
• Biosecurity Risk
Top Research Directions
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Database Working Group
Chair: Dede Olson, USDA Forest ServiceEmail: [email protected]
Develop and maintain a database for Bsal surveillance, monitoring, and research data.
https://mantle.io/grrs
http://amphibiaweb.org/chytrid/Bsal.html
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Outreach Working Group
Chair: Joe Mendelson, Zoo AtlantaEmail: [email protected]
Produce outreach communication materials (e.g., fact sheets, press releases, briefs), and help organize Bsal planning meetings as requested.
http://www.parcplace.org/parcplace/resources/disease-task-team.html
Interact with PARC & its Disease Task Teams
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Outreach Working Group
Warren Wilson College Asheville NC
11 August 2015
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Decision Support Working Group
Chair: Evan Grant, USGSEmail: [email protected]
Produce decision tree models that allow other working groups to make objective-based
decisions given the available information.