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Originally Posted by draggintails
"I am discouraging people from testing for adenovirus because it is so endemic" Lou Ann Miller
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I just had this email sent to me, and I have Xed out the person's information who sent it. If that person wishes to verify that they actually received this email, that is up to them.
Subject: Date: Sunday, May 11, 2008 3:01 PM
Re: AV question Size: 7 KB
Priority: Normal
Hello XXX,
I did not say discouraging people.
I said I'm not strongly encouraging/ promoting.
There is a difference. Â I'll assume this will be posted.
I WOULD recommend this test to any animal owner or bearded dragon owner with a sick animal. Especially as the test will detect other virus, such as the Adeno helper virus (This is exceedingly nasty), calici, corona and other virus.
As for screening for healthy animals , I would go on the advice of a qualified reptile specialist. Â I am not a reptile specialist.
When this virus was first looked out, it was not clear if this was ubiquitous in the bearded dragon population.  Thanks to all who worked hard and sent samples to Illinois and Florida who helped generate data,  it seems the virus is ubiquitous.  In other words, nearly all have it. Those with negative by  the EM scope, sometimes showing up positive later in PCR.  The virus is probably everywhere.
If you had a sick animal, one would want to be sure the "helper virus" is not present, or another virus, should do the test..
Would it be a good idea to test a dragon before purchasing? Â Very Possibly, but again, a specialist should answer this.
Again, I'm not a reptile specialist, Â and when and how much to test should go on the word of a specialist.
I hope this helps,
Lou Ann
On May 11, 2008, at 1:45 PM, XXX wrote:
Hi LouAnn,
I'm sure you are way too busy to remember me but I am one of the many people who sent you samples to have my beardies tested for Adeno virus. Their names are XXX and XXX.
My question to you is I recently read in a forum (Fauna Classifieds)Â a quote that you had supposedly said "I am discouraging people from testing for adenovirus because it is so endemic" I was hoping that you could clarify this for me or at least verify this quote.
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Thanks and Happy Mother's Day,
XXX