University of Florida researchers have developed a simple immune-based screening test to identify the presence of a debilitating and usually fatal disease that strikes boas and pythons in captivity as well as those sold to the pet trade worldwide. Known as inclusion body disease, or IBD, the highly infectious disease most commonly affects boa constrictors […]
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Feb 02
Community supports Pleasant Grove landmark The Purple Turtle
By Herp News PLEASANT GROVE — Onion ring and milkshake lovers got a scare last Saturday when a fire threatened Pleasant Grove's popular restaurant, the Purple Turtle. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Community supports Pleasant Grove landmark The Purple Turtle
By Herp News PLEASANT GROVE — Onion ring and milkshake lovers got a scare last Saturday when a fire threatened Pleasant Grove's popular restaurant, the Purple Turtle. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Snake house: Rescued pythons continue to die
By Herp News Reptile specialists are continuing their uphill efforts to nurse more than 170 malnourished and ill snakes back to health after they were pulled from a house in Santa Ana where a grade school teacher lived amid a clutter of mice, rats and pythons – many of them dead. Go to Source …read […]
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Snake house: Rescued pythons continue to die
By Herp News Reptile specialists are continuing their uphill efforts to nurse more than 170 malnourished and ill snakes back to health after they were pulled from a house in Santa Ana where a grade school teacher lived amid a clutter of mice, rats and pythons – many of them dead. Go to Source …read […]
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Reptile consignment intercepted in South Africa
By Herp News JOHANNESBURG – South African animal inspectors say they have intercepted a large consignment of reptiles smuggled from Madagascar and destined for the exotic pet trade in the United States. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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