IBD is most frequently diagnosed post-mortem from organ tissue samples taken at necropsy but it can also be diagnosed on living animals from a liver biopsy. Although it would not be a definitive diagnosis, Klingenberg also noted a very high percentage of IBD confirmed animals demonstrating inclusions in the cytoplasm of their red blood cells on a direct smear.



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• help!!! i had one snake die in a matter of 10 days while on vacation and others showing weird signs - vcaruso15, Mon Sep 8 19:56:12 2003
• RE: help!!! i had one snake die in a matter of 10 days while on vacation and others showing weird signs - oldherper, Mon Sep 8 21:08:57 2003
• RE: help!!! i had one snake die in a matter of 10 days while on vacation and others showing weird signs - vcaruso15, Mon Sep 8 22:19:45 2003
• Is there a test, pre-mortem, for inclusion bodies? n/p - CH4, Fri Sep 12 22:26:10 2003
• RE: Is there a test, pre-mortem, for inclusion bodies? n/p - T.B, Fri Sep 12 23:03:32 2003
• There is no serological assay yet...... - oldherper, Sat Sep 13 18:06:23 2003