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figuerres
at Sat Nov 20 10:28:05 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by figuerres ]
Parasites can be a very interesting study in how biology and evolution works.
to I hope shed some light on your question:
some parasites have stages where dormant "Eggs" or "Cysts" can survive cold, heat, wet or dry conditions and also be very difficult to kill with bleach or other treatments.
this is one reason you see posts here about "Best substrate" that often come down to this: throw it out from time to time.
and why wood or other porus items in an "infected" home are best disposed of.
another factor is that some parasites can live (some MUST live) in more than one stage and or host.
so for example cocidida have no noted effects on criciets but can make a dragon sick. they are (as I understand it) passive or dormant in the insect and when they detect the environment of the digestive tract they activate and multiply.
so only expose a food item to one reptile and then dispose of it is one rule to use.
some parasites are deficated as larva or dormant eggs.
another animal makes contact and carries them.
some parasites pass from mother to offspring in the womb, when the mothers blood supply builds the new life it may also pass on any number of parasites also.
and last there are some parasites we need to live.
yes thats right!
for example e. colli, some strains are normal in the human dirgestive tract and help you process your food.
others are native to cattle and when introduced to a human become a killer as they are "Programmed" for a cow's system not for ours.
hope that gives you some ideas on how complex the subject can be.
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RE: Where do CB Beardies get parasites from? - figuerres, Sat Nov 20 10:28:05 2004