Red Tail Boa and IBD and transmission to BP's

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As for 70% of boas carrying IBD - again no one knows the true rate of occurence. The testing is invasive and inaccurate and so few people actually pay for histopathology that the true rate of occurrence is unknown. However, per the Merck Veterinary manual, up to 50% of boas tested are carriers.

Per this link - up to 33% of necropsied boas were carriers:

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/doortiz2/www/IBD.pdf

A large number of boas never see a vet in their lives, and most who do see one because something is wrong with them. Same with the necropys...a person is more likely to have one done if they don't know why their animal died. Therefore, the chance that boas examined by vets have IBD is greater than the population of boas as a whole.