I will say that there is a lot of info out there, it is just that most of it is bad or uninformed.
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There are no viruses that are treated for with antibiotics. Antibiotics are used to treat bacteria and protists
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We actually have next to no real data on infectious spread, everything out there is supposition/speculation
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It infects and manifests clinical symptoms in many more species than this. There are representative cases across pretty much every python species as well as instances in colubrids, vipers, and boas. There are also turtle and lizard variants
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This is one of the issues I noted above regarding misinformation. An animal that tests positive is not necessarily an animal destined to die, and yet euthanasia seems to be the automatic ‘go to’ anytime someone gets a positive animal.
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I think you are mixing up pathogens here. Serpentovirus has primarily been an issue for (but not exclusive to) pythons. The disease most know for infecting boas is IBD
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As Ball notes
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THP/S&S have done a few podcasts on this topic. MPR had a full panel discussion on it at one of the SE CarpetFests and that is also available online
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I highly recommend FishHead and the work that Pia has done
RAV is another option that I have heard recommended
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The bottom, and probably most important, line when it comes to serpentovirus is that the research on it is still very much in its infancy and that research has been vastly outpaced by the ease of testing. Add to the fact that this hobby, all to frequently dangerously overconfident of its understanding of science, has little to no grounding in the fields of virology, infections diseases, or epidemiology. Intelligent caution should be the route taken here. I strongly advocate testing and quarantine and increased hygiene and tight(er) biosecurity measures. I do not advocate scorched earth policies