Prevalence of IBD?

[Running Elk]

No absolute proof. I asked Jacobsen myself and shared the info on this forum.

Despite there being no proof, is there any documented evidence leaning one way or another (that pythons can be asymptomatic carriers, or that they cannot be)? As in, has it been studied or anything? Or is the subject virtually unknown?

How is it that we know that boas can be asymptomatic carriers, but we do not know for pythons? Is it just that so far a python not showing any symptoms has not also tested positive for IBD (which, of course, doesn't mean they don't exist, it could just mean we haven't found one that does)?

If there is no proof, I find it interesting that so many people think as fact that pythons cannot be asymptomatic carriers...I wonder if this conclusion came from personal experience or mass misinformation on the subject (or both).


This is all very interesting -- I'm really glad I started this thread.