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05-11-2008, 10:31 PM
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Jenkznza, I consider a large breeder someone that has experienced adeno and all the other bad stuff beardies can get. That person not putting the money first but genuinely cares about them. What I have seen here is breeders yelling they are sick and tired of hearing about testing and adeno. They say it's nothing but they don't have experience. As a business person myself, I see the reason for this post. That is so sad.
This whole adeno thing reminds when the graissere virus (the virus is harmless but the worms are immune suppressed from it so they can get the bad bacteria that Jeff experienced) came out in silkworms and hornworms 3 years ago. This is a whole topic by itself so I will not go into it now.
Draggintails, thank you for reminding me to read it. I did and on page 9 of the report 4.1 What we know, it states adenovirus is associated with disease in bearded dragon. Many infected animals are asymptomatic. I knew this because I have two now but many is not all and doesn't mean husbandry is the reason.
For me to say that about not breeding, I know I read about it somewhere but don't have the time or energy to find it. A year ago, I had every article and website bookmarked and saved on my computer but the computer crashed and I had to get a new one and didn't have the time to do the research again.
I knew that AV was in Australia. I just read about a while ago.
I am not attacking anyone. I am like a lot of people that just want proof of what the breeders has stated.
Sorry, I do not know how to quote on this site.
Mooing Tricycle What was the reason all those new bearded people come over from the other forums anyway?
I have been a member here for a while. I just don't post much. I joined to read the threads arguments...To bad this forum can't have a friendly discussion so people would actually learn something instead of defending themselves. BTW, I am not new to bearded dragons.
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05-11-2008, 10:40 PM
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#82
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Originally Posted by pscaulkins
Sorry, I do not know how to quote on this site.
Mooing Tricycle What was the reason all those new bearded people come over from the other forums anyway?
I have been a member here for a while. I just don't post much. I joined to read the threads arguments...To bad this forum can't have a friendly discussion so people would actually learn something instead of defending themselves. BTW, I am not new to bearded dragons.
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( not new, to dragons, just new members, or new posters) There was just a large influx of users that were interested in beardies, and i was just curious as to the reasons they came over. I remember someone mentioning something because of another forum. Not a big deal, just interested.
As for the quoting, there is a button on the bottom right of every post, that you can click that has "quote" but you may also use BBC code to do this as well, Take out the *'s and change the name of the poster and you should be good to go.
[*QUOTE*=pscaulkins] [*/Quote*]
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05-11-2008, 11:01 PM
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#83
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pscaulkins wrote:
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For me to say that about not breeding, I know I read about it somewhere but don't have the time or energy to find it.
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Is this what you were talking about, Sandy?
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TO: Cheri Smith
FROM: Elliott Jacobson
SUBJECT: Bearded dragon adenovirus
It has been brought to my attention that misinformation attributed to me is circulating concerning adenovirus infection of bearded dragons (BD).
A major problem is that despite our attempts to educate people who call us about this and other health issues of reptiles, those people lacking a medical background have a very real problem understanding what we are saying or may use what we discussed out of context. At times bits and pieces of things are heard and then weaved into something entirely different than what was originally stated.
My own opinion is that adenovirus is a significant health issue and a major effort is needed to eliminate this virus from breeding groups of BD. While we know relatively little about the biology and pathogenicity of this virus in bearded dragons, and that much research is needed to determine its overall health impact, it is my impression from cases that I have seen that this virus can result in severe hepatic necrosis (liver disease) and death. Thus known positive animals should never be sold in the pet trade. It may turn out that there may be different strains of this virus in bearded dragons that cause different degrees of mortality. This eventually needs to be studied. Outcomes of lizards that are infected need to be studied. How long can a BD shed virus? The questions go on and on. Ultimately, transmission studies are needed to show that a specific virus can kill lizards.
But, in the meantime, with more than 30 years of experience working with reptile pathogens I consider the adenovirus we have seen in bearded dragons a pathogen. It may act as a primary pathogen in certain cases while in others it may work in concert with other pathogens. Or, it is possible that a latent infection (one in which the virus is still present in low numbers somewhere in the animal's body) becomes active after "something" suppresses the animal's immune system. Still, the virus is a pathogen and an animal is certainly better off if it is not infected in the first place. The severe necrosis of the liver that is often seen with BDs infected with this virus is similar to the liver disease seen in other animals, including other reptiles, infected with adenovirus.
A similar adenovirus has been seen in boa constrictors having severe hepatic necrosis and transmission studies have been done to show that this virus can result in mortality (Jacobson ER, Gaskin JM, Gardiner CH. 1985. Adenovirus-like infection in a boa constrictor. J Amer Vet Med Assoc 187:1226-1227). I have seen a similar virus in other snakes dying with severe hepatic necrosis and in lizards other than bearded dragons having various clinical signs of illness and lesions (Wellehan JFX, Johnson AJ, Harrach B, Benko M, Pessier AP, Johnson CM, Garner MM, Childress C, Jacobson ER. 2004. Detection and analysis of six lizard adenoviruses by consensus primer PCR provides further evidence of a reptilian origin for the atadenoviruses. J Virol 78:13366-13369). These reports make it clear that this is not a benign agent.
Frye FL, MunnRJ, Gardner M, Barten SL, Hadfy LB. 1994. Adenovirus-like hepatitis in a group of related Rankin's dragon lizards (Pogono henrylawsoni) J Zoo Wildl Med 25:167-171.
Jacobson ER, Gaskin JM, Gardiner CH. 1985. Adenovirus-like infection in a boa constrictor. J Amer Vet Med Assoc 187:1226-1227
Jacobson ER, Kopit W, O'Brien B. 1996. Co-infection of a Bearded Dragon, Pogona vitticeps, with Adeno- and Dependo-like Viruses. Vet Path. 33:343-346
Julian AF, Durham JK. 1985. Adenoviral hepatitis in a bearded dragon (Amphibolurus barbatus). N Z Vet J 30:59-60.
Kim DY, Mitchell MA, Bauer RW, Poston R, Cho DY. 2002. An outbreak of adenoviral infection in inland bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) coinfected with dependovirus and coccidial protozoa (Isospora sp.). J Vet Diagn Invest 14:332-334.
Wellehan JFX, Johnson AJ, Harrach B, Benko M, Pessier AP, Johnson CM, Garner MM, Childress C, Jacobson ER. 2004. Detection and analysis of six lizard adenoviruses by consensus primer PCR provides further evidence of a reptilian origin for the atadenoviruses. J Virol 78:13366-13369
I hope this provides some useful information.
With best regards,
Elliott Jacobson, DVM, PhD, DACZM
Professor of Zoological Medicine
University of Florida
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http://www.reptilerooms.com/displayarticle135-flat.html
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05-12-2008, 12:13 AM
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#84
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Thank you Whiskersmom, yes, that is where I read it.
Thank you Mooing Tricycle for showing me how to quote.
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05-12-2008, 06:59 AM
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#85
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Jenkznza, I consider a large breeder someone that has experienced adeno and all the other bad stuff beardies can get. That person not putting the money first but genuinely cares about them. What I have seen here is breeders yelling they are sick and tired of hearing about testing and adeno. They say it's nothing but they don't have experience. As a business person myself, I see the reason for this post. That is so sad.
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I’m sorry, but I’d have to disagree your conceptions here. You are not talking about large or experienced breeders you want to hear from breeders that agree with you. Qualified breeders are speaking out in this thread. Tammy has had experience with Adenovirus and she is speaking out. Other experienced breeders have spoken out in other threads just to be beaten up by inexperienced individuals who know better. Your not listening, because the breeders aren’t agreeing with you.
I think Dr. Jacobson put it correctly in this letter Cheri Smith posted.
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A major problem is that despite our attempts to educate people who call us about this and other health issues of reptiles, those people lacking a medical background have a very real problem understanding what we are saying or may use what we discussed out of context. At times bits and pieces of things are heard and then weaved into something entirely different than what was originally stated.
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For example you state:
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Draggintails, thank you for reminding me to read it. I did and on page 9 of the report 4.1 What we know, it states adenovirus is associated with disease in bearded dragon. Many infected animals are asymptomatic. I knew this because I have two now but many is not all and doesn't mean husbandry is the reason.
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Now lets look at the next section of this document.
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4.2 What We Suspect.
4.2.1 Disease caused by Adenovirus is affected by other cofactors, such as immune status, husbandry, and other sources of stress.
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Nobody likes to hear that they may have done something to compound an already negative situation, but you must at least be open to the possibility.
I have talked with several experienced beeders concerning Adenovirus. The resounding answer has been to look at contributing factors. If you maintain animals with healthy immune systems in the proper environment the chances of Adenovirus becoming a problem are greatly diminished.
Dr. Jacobson's report states:
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This is a poorly studied topic and there are many gaps in our understanding that have been filled with rumor and misinformation.
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The "yelling" has been directed at one individual who has been promoting improper care and a self serving mind set. The breeders in this thread have spoken out against this very thing.
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05-12-2008, 08:50 AM
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#86
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Jeff,
Be fair, Tracie has given out proper habitat care paralleled in some of our care sheets....I can say that she has not promoted improper care from what I have seen.
Well, Sandy is right..I do not have experience with AV. When I first began testing all of my Chris Allen stock came back positive they were all perfect and healthy, but with those letters that you read from the vets I knew this was serious and unfortunately those animals are gone...this was one of the written recommendations from a vet that had information posted on reptile rooms and I can not remember his name. Those animals were never sick so I can say honestly that I don't have answers on rehabilitation or dealing with illness and then recovery, medicines, etc. They were good and sparkly animals, but at that time with what information we had I could not have them here, breed them, or give them away.
When Dr. Stacey and I had one of our marathon talks much later I had mentioned my agony over this and he nearly fainted when he found out those animals were put down. I brought up Dr. J's letter and he said (also in writing in an email to me) "that letter was taken out of context" it was sent to Cheri after an email from Sunshine Dragons had sick and dying animals and the owner kept breeding them. I don't know that situation at all, that was from Dr. Stacey.
Frankly, the letter had a greeting and a salutation so the letter was for everyone otherwise, it would have said Dear Bruce...the way I see it. Dr. Stacey then began to tell me that at that time they had done much more testing in an influx than when that letter was put out and that "most" dragons have it as well as dragons in other countries testing "mostly" positive and these dragons were asymptomatic and that there were no "all" negative colonies ever tested in any testing lab. Dr. Stacey said "if positives are bred just watch them". I asked for them to address the breeding in this paper to give us guidance and legal would not let them put a breeding recommendation in the paper.
I would assume another paper will be in the works here shortly to offer more information and on a global level as well, hopefully it will provide us with updated thoughts or guidelines on breeding..I don't know. I will keep asking and making calls and gathering info..help would be appreciated..no one has offered and I understand people are busy..I am too, but someone has to do it..research and information does not pop into your lap..you have to appeal the universities and labs for this and I am only one person.
I don't know what to tell anyone on this issue, I have never in any post made recommendations on this virus..that is out of my league.
I see that the animals were brought in with this being they are not native to the US and AV does not species hop, and when tested positives are revealed globally. So with this new info even after those papers were written...we now need more and updated info from the researchers..that makes sense right?
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05-12-2008, 08:57 AM
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clarification: legal would not let U of FL give recommendations for breeding positives or not breeding positives, would not give a recommendation either way
anyone interested call them and they will explain it better, everyone in the lab is very pleasant and willing to take the time on the phone to answer questions
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05-12-2008, 09:13 AM
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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.
Â
Thanks and Happy Mother's Day,
XXX
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05-12-2008, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by pscaulkins
Still no proof. Give scientific evidence and I will listen.
I chose to do business with responsible, mature adults, not angry, rude, immature people. I am sure there is other people with the same attitudes as me. I have seen the above in many posts on this thread.
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Sandy correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the first 6-7 pages of this threads questions for you, Tracie and the PATS organization? I believe since we asked those questions first they need to be answered the in order asked! If you and Tracie want to continue to ignore them, then we will be more than happy to follow the same suit... Ignorance breeds ignorance!
Anthony
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05-12-2008, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Saladragon
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 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.
I hope this helps,
Lou Ann
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This all the proof I need to realize this is not an epidemic and any individual just reading through this thread will realize this as well! The words from a University researcher basically saying if they are sick test them(Duh), and if not it's totally up to the breeder and their Vet's recommendation. So she only recommends for sick dragons, which is the entire point of this discussion since 99% of the breeders represented here and do not have a single sick dragon in their care. So why test? Well that question was just answer by the woman that does the testing, and her recommendations are to talk to your Vet and make your own decisions!
Does this sound like an epidemic to you? It most certainly doesn't to me, her tone of voice and relaxed posture in her writing shows that his is just another virus that can be present in a large number of sick dragons... The End!
Anthony
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