In the early days of chytrid fungus testing (ca. 2007), there was a need for relatively large-scale screening of locations or amphibian populations for the presence or absence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. At the time, this could only be done by collecting and testing skin swab samples from individual animals – a costly endeavor for large…
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Skin swab pooling for chytrid testing
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