Any surefire way?

[stewart]

HI
Is there any surefire way to check amphibians for disease or parasites that you cant see(or can see) with out posining them ?
Because here in Australia the only legal(supposedly) Amphibians are axolotls.

If there is a surefire way to do it could you please let me know. Because if there is i might just be able to get some othere members of caudata past AQIS and into Australia.

 

[edward]

It depends on the disease. For example chytrid can be detected via a PCR test on a skin biopsy. Other pathogens can be detected via fecal tests but asymptomatic viral infections cannot be detected without examining tissue samples from the animals.

Ed