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ChesenJamButty, IBD does not affect boas and pythons in the same way. The virus does not remain dormant in pythons, and the disease progresses rapidly. This is why pythons are often used as proverbial "canaries" to check for infection in boas.
As for testing, there is no conclusive test available to determine IBD exposure. Although tissue biopsies can be used to confirm a suspected case, they cannot be used to exclude IBD. In other words, a negative biopsy is esentially meaningless.
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