FATAL RANAVIRUS INFECTION IN A GROUP OF ZOO-HOUSED MELLER'S CHAMELEO...

[kinyonga]

"This case series documents the first known occurrence of ranavirus-associated disease in chameleons"...
https://bioone.org/journals/journal...OF-ZOO-HOUSED-MELLERS/10.1638/2018-0044.short

 

[Morpheo's Mom]

Yikes! That is a fast acting, terrible virus. Looking deeper I found it can be present for over a month. Which is why it is sooo important to quarantine all new animals that enter the home at Least 45 days. Considering it killed all those mellers it such a short amount of time, it doesn't look like there is much chance of survival.

Good read!