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Please find attached a leaflet that alerts people to the occurrence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Britain (captive animals only - so far) and how to minimise the risks of this and other diseases spreading amongst captive collections and from captive to wild animals. Although the leaflet alerts people to B.sal in Britain, the message is general and applicable to herpetologists everywhere and to amphibian diseases in general. It has been put together with a host of organisations and, I'm pleased to say, it has also been endorsed by OATA and REPTA, the two main international amphibian trade organisations in Europe. The leaflet has been tweeted from: https://twitter.com/wildlife_health And posted on the Garden Wildlife Health Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/wildlifehealth The PDF is also on the Garden Wildlife Health website at: http://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/files/2013/06/Amphibian-disease-alert_June-2015.pdf Please re/tweet, link, post, email, blog, etc., as you wish. With many thanks for your help in disseminating this message. Andrew Andrew A. Cunningham BVMS PhD Dip. ECZM (Wildlife Population Health) MRCVS Professor of Wildlife Epidemiology & Deputy Head, Institute of Zoology Visiting Professor, Royal Veterinary College Visiting Professor, Universidad Andres Bello Honorary Professor, University College London Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London Regents Park London NW1 4RY +44 (0)20 7449 6674 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.zsl.org/science<http://www.zsl.org/science> The Zoological Society of London is incorporated by Royal Charter Principal Office England. Company Number RC000749 Registered address: Regent's Park, London, England NW1 4RY Registered Charity in England and Wales no. 208728 _________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been sent in confidence to the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or distribute it in any form, and you are asked to contact the sender immediately. Views or opinions expressed in this communication may not be those of The Zoological Society of London and, therefore, The Zoological Society of London does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The recipient(s) must be aware that e-mail is not a secure communication medium and that the contents of this mail may have been altered by a third party in transit. If you have any issues regarding this mail please contact: [log in to unmask] ___________________________________________________________________________ This message has been scanned for viruses by MailControl, a service from BlackSpider Technologies.