I don't think I can post the link because it is on a competing forum. However, here is what was posted:

I believe that this disease is much more prevalent in collections than people realize. This is mainly due to the fact that very few people get necropsies done and even fewer send organs off for pathology. So it may just be chalked up to an unexplained death or a secondary illness such as an RI. Also, most people who get afflicted by IBD tell noone. Once your collection has IBD, you carry that stigma for years to come. And that would be devastating financially if one depends on selling boas for profit. So even if one of the big breeders got hit by it, they would likely not admit it. I know of a couple major boa breeders that have got hit by it. I, on the other hand, am not concerned about breeding boas for profit so I will just live with the label of IBD so that more people can learn about the disease.

To give you an example of how prevalent it is, my pathology lab sees hundreds of cases of IBD death each year. But how many people admit to it? And this is just one lab. So it is logical to assume that thousands of cases of IBD are diagnosed each year but there are only a handful of people that have EVER gone public with it. Scary huh?

This was posted by B.W. Smith, a well known collector and researcher in the industry. Here is his website: http://www.reptileeducation.com/

Here is his BOI complaint about the snake that started it all: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...p?t=72726&page)

It makes for some very interesting reading.