Please be aware of the possible new BP "supervirus", and Q,Q,Q!!!

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I don't believe that it's actually a 'new' virus. There is something that has been around for quite a few years. Here is a link that might help with research - http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=220629 I won't vouch for the veracity of the information posted since I have no first hand knowledge, but you can read through it and make up your own mind.

Thank you for finding and posting that link. I had read it a while ago and was going to try to track it down when I read the OP, but you beat me to it. Every snake owner should read it.

I do have an issue with something the OP wrote, as it's very important that everyone understand it:

Dr. Stahl mentions that they are close to finding a cure for IBD

IBD is a viral disease. To date there are no true "cures" for viral diseases; antibiotics only work on bacterial infections. There are drugs to alleviate symptoms of the illness, such as the ones to reduce fever, nausea, headache, etc. and which will help to fight off the infection. There are certainly vaccines for many viral diseases, but ultimately the infected host's defenses have to rally to defeat the virus.

Diseases like AIDS, ebola, the flu, the common cold, etc. are all viral. With what I've read about IBD, researchers hope to develop a blood test in the near future that will determine whether or not a live animal is a carrier. Currently it's identified post-mortem by examining liver and kidney tissue samples. Sadly the researchers are not close to finding a true "cure".