Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
Your best bet for avoiding IBD is to get a neonate straight from a reputable breeder. Older animals that have passed through multiple collections have a better chance of harboring it.
Recent work seems to be questioning this. As animals can be asymptomatic, possibly their entire lives, they can reproduce. There have be a number of recent cases that have resulted in neonates testing positive having come directly from reputable breeders. This questions whether asymptomatic females can produce positive offspring. I do not see why they would not.

Warren