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Signs and Symptoms:
All boid snakes should be considered potentially infected by this virus, and the division of symptoms with neurological disease in pythons and regurgitation, cachexia and pneumonia in boas is not always accurate. Less commonly, infected boids may show stomatitis, lymphoproliferative disorders, leukemia and undifferentiated sarcomas. All age groups are affected, although it is most common in adults. Juveniles tend to show a more rapid onset typified by flaccid paralysis; pythons do not show chronic regurgitation.
It is unknown if other snake groups such as colubrids can act as hosts for the virus and potentially transmit it to other boids.
Transmission is currently a mystery - it could be spread through direct contact, aerosol, intrauterine infection or venereally. While the snake mite Ophionyssus natricis was initially implicated as a vector, it is now thought to not be capable of transmitting the virus as it has not been implicated in all cases.
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That was taken from this website:
http://duke.usask.ca/~misra/virology...xotic/ibd.html
I'm assuming that the above statement was made with this reference. However, the link is dead. I have no idea how accurate that information is.
This is taken from Melissa Kaplan's website:
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The snake mite, Ophionyssus natricis, has been found in collections in which IBD has occurred but it is not implicated in all cases of infection.
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There seems to be a lot of mention of IBD on many websites, but very little researched/definitive information.