| detection of ophidiomyces, the causative agent of snake fungal disease, in the eastern massasauga ( sistrurus catenatus ) in michigan, usa, 2014. | snake fungal disease (sfd), caused by ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, threatens free-ranging snake populations across the us. we assayed 112 swabs from 102 individual eastern massasaugas ( sistrurus catenatus ) at three locations in michigan in 2014 for ophidiomyces using quantitative pcr (qpcr). we observed a 12.7% qpcr prevalence of skin lesions. individuals at each site had lesions, and occurrence of skin lesions was not significantly different between sites. we detected ophidiomyces dna at each o ... | 2016 | 27258406 |