As you all know Ken/najaboy is umm wherever he said he was going in connection with the military...Anyway..I received an email from him and he has asked me to place the following on this thread...
<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><BLOCKQUOTE> While IBD is certainly a scary prospect, it shouldn't be a major cause of
concern regarding these wild populations. Firstly, pythons are the atypical
hosts of the virus. As such, symptoms progress rapidly with minimal incubation.
Death also follows rapidly. It is highly unlikely that a snake which was
asymptomatic in captivity will develop the disease after release and devastate
wild populations.
Also, IBD is not spread via airborne transmission, as was previously stated.
The vector of transmission for IBD is direct contact with bodily fluids.
Thanks,
Ken
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