| first evidence of batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in china: discovery of chytridiomycosis in introduced american bullfrogs and native amphibians in the yunnan province, china. | although the chytrid fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd), the etiological agent of amphibian chytridiomycosis, has been implicated in mass mortality and population declines on several continents around the world, there have been no reports on the presence of bd infections in amphibians in china. we employed quantitative pcr and histological techniques to investigate the presence of bd in introduced north american bullfrogs (rana catesbeiana) (referred to hereafter as bullfrog) and native ... | 2010 | 20372969 |