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It is known that a snake can be infected for up to two years before any symptoms are seen. Testing is expensive, a live liver biopsy can run upwards of $200. Though the difficult part is IBD can live in other parts of the body, including the snake's brain. Some snakes will die quickly from IBD, some will not.
IBD is far more serious than many people believe, the analogy I was given, is that IBD is like AIDS for snakes, but it can easily be passed from one snake to another like the cold virus.
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