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P. insidiosum in this environment,” Machado says.
The Chincoteague pony is a unique breed of wild horse that lives on Assateague Island, on the Virginia/Maryland border. In the past three years, 12 of the horses have become infected with
P. insidiosum and developed pythiosis.
Transmission routes for pythiosis are still not well understood. Machado and colleagues took environmental samples from 136 sites on Assateague Island inside the Chincoteague Refuge. They tested the samples for evidence of the pathogen, then created a model to predict locations where it would thrive.
The model found that the most favorable months for the pathogen were during the summer June through August and that the pathogen was more prevalent in the northern part of Assateague Island than in the southern area.
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