Inclusion Body Disease in Boas and Pythons
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What is it, and how is it spread? Inclusion Body Disease, or IBD, is a growing problem in all species of boas and pythons or “Boids”. The disease is caused by a virus, and is highly contageous among boids of all species. IBD can spread quickly in secretions from a sick animal, either by direct contact with an infected animal, by particles in the air reaching healthy snakes kept in close proximity to sick ones, or by poor sanition practices leading to spread by the snakes’ keeper(s). In some cases, the snake mite Ophionyssus natricis has been found in populations where individuals were affected with IBD, but the mite has not been found in all cases. Since boids can be asymptomatic carriers of the disease, any snake that has come from a large collection or pet store could have been exposed to the disease.
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