ApocaDocs: World frog trade spreading killer diseases

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Posted Tue May 12 2009: from New Scientist:


	World frog trade spreading killer diseases http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1242161598 Millions of frogs are shifted around the world each year for sale as pets and food. Now research shows, for the first time, that this global trade is spreading two severe diseases -- one of which is blamed for driving amphibians towards extinction.... "Considering the devastating impact Bd has had on global amphibian populations and the millions of animals being traded on an annual basis, this number is especially alarming," says Lisa Schloegel of the Wildlife Trust who led the work. "We may never completely know the extent to which trade has contributed to the global spread of amphibian diseases, but it does appear to be a major contributing factor."

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'Doc Michael says:

Perhaps the thinking went: "If we spread the diseases thinly enough, over a long enough time, they'll lose their strength."