You said "It has been found with several studies over the last 20 years or so that Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a very common bacterial isolate from over 90% of captive collections of boids that were sampled. Additionally, it was also found that something like 99% of all throat swabs from captive pythons tested positive for P. aeruginosa, whereas less than a third of wild caught specimens tested positive. It is a pathogenic species of gram negative bacteria that is difficult to control under disease conditions, as it shows resistance to many classes of antibiotics."

Could you elaborate on your statistics quoted?

Are the first stats related to P. aeruginosa found in the boa at all - i.e. in feces - or just in the respiratory tissues? Were the sampled boas all in good health?

Are the second stats referring to swabs from only healthy boas, only sick boas, or a mix of both?

Thanks, your response was intriguing.

~Rebecca



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1.0.0 Dumeril's Boa '04
1.1.1 Ball Pythons



0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)

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• Boa RI question - amarilrose, Fri Jun 29 23:56:56 2007
• Rebecca, you are quite correct…. - Kelly_Haller, Sat Jun 30 14:43:49 2007
• RE: Rebecca, you are quite correct…. - boapaul, Sat Jun 30 21:38:57 2007
• Kelly, can I get more info? - amarilrose, Sun Jul 1 12:42:19 2007