African clawed frogs fungus

Question
Sorry, just one more question... I've just read that African clawed frogs are naturally immune to the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, and may be carriers of it. If they are, then every water change could be releasing this fungus into the local frog population (linked in 1999 to the decline of amphibians worldwide -http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/c-disease/index.html).

I ran across one reference to getting a fairly dangerous chemical treatment from veterinarians, or alternately, just bleaching all your waste water.

Do you know of any tests for the presence of this fungus, or safe (preventive) treatments?

Thanks again. :)

Answer
Dear Danielle,
thank you for your question.
I did some research on www.xenbase.org and it seems that African clawed frogs do not have an immunity to B. dendrobatidis, actually, the first reported cases have been with Xenopus frogs. The popularity of Xenopus may have helped with the spreading of Chytridiomycosis.
Bleach does kill the fungus, as does heat. The Wikipedia article has good links, especially the fourth one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chytridiomycosis
I'm not a vet or have any mediical training, so I can't recommend any treatments. I recommend that you call or see a herp vet and ask about this. Herp vets can be found here:
http://www.greenigsociety.org/vets.htm
www.herpvetconnection.com/
www.herpvetdirectory.com/
I hope I was of some help to you, I'll get back to you later on your other questions
Jennifer