Dr. Frank-Mutschmann-Award

The German working group AG ARK (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Amphibien- und Reptilienmedizin) subgroup of the DGHT e.V. (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetology und Terrarienkunde), has more than 500 members in Germa- ny, Austria and Switzerland with two annual conferences for up to 200 participants and several intensive seminars for students.

To honor our late founding member Dr. Frank Mutschmann who was an international known and very dedicated specialist on amphibian Medicine the Association decided to award an international price. 
The Dr.-Frank- Mutschmann-Award is given to the best paper on amphibian medicine published within the last 12 months.
A jury of veterinarians specialized in amphibian decides every autumn and the awarding is planned for the up- coming spring conference. The winner gets travel expenses to join this conference and is kindly asked to present the winning paper in English language. On top there will be a monetary price of 1000.- €.

Preisträger 2022 
 
The 2022 Mutschmann Award went to the team of authors led by Yu Wang and An Martel. They looked at the intestinal flora of wild fire salamanders in Belgium and its connection to animal health. The creative approach together with a well-founded scientific concept convinced the jury. Anyone interested is strongly recommended to read the article:

Wang Y, et al, Diet diversity and environment determine the intestinal microbiome and bacterial pathogen load of fire salamanders, Nature Scientific Reports (2021) 11:20493, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98995-6

Preisträger 2021
Carter E.D. et al, Winter is coming–Temperature affects
immune defenses and susceptibility to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, PLoS Pathog, 2021 Feb 18;17(2):e1009234.,doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009234. eCollection 2021 Feb 


Preisträger 2020
 
Licheri M, Origgi FC. Consensus PCR protocols for the detection of amphibian herpesviruses (Batrachovirus). J Vet Diagn Invest. 2020 Nov;32(6):864-872. doi: 10.1177/1040638720951134. Epub 2020 Aug 28. PMID: 32856553; PMCID: PMC7649549. 

Preisträger 2020
 
Licheri M, Origgi FC. Consensus PCR protocols for the detection of amphibian herpesviruses (Batrachovirus). J Vet Diagn Invest. 2020 Nov;32(6):864-872. doi: 10.1177/1040638720951134. Epub 2020 Aug 28. PMID: 32856553; PMCID: PMC7649549. 

Preisträger 2019
 
Camperio Ciani JF, Guerrel J, Baitchman E, Diaz R, Evans M, Iba´ñez R, et al. (2018) The relationship between spindly leg syndrome incidence and water composition, overfeeding, and diet in newly metamorphosed harlequin frogs (Atelopus spp.). PLoS ONE 13(10): e0204314. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204314