Other Animal Disease — Canada
In mid-March 2015, an adult female eastern foxsnake (_Pantherophis gloydi_, formerly _Elaphe gloydi_) with signs of dermatitis was accidentally disturbed while hibernating at a location close to Lake Erie in Ontario, Canada. The snake was treated in captivity, and samples were submitted to the CWHC [Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative] because the observed lesions were consistent with snake fungal disease.
The presence of the fungus _Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola_ was confirmed by culturing
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