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The question was asked why are we not testing our adults...
When testing, what answers are you looking for? This perspective makes a difference in the way that you test and what the results mean. If you choose to test adults like many others, you most likely have found positives. If you re-tested, more positives. If you have found any positive animals in your collection - all of your dragons have been exposed. This is a virus which is very stable in the environment and none of us have ever taken the extreme precautions needed to prevent cross-contamination.
People have been actively testing since August. What are the results? In 8 months - where are the negative babies? Keep in mind that these are small collections and they are not producing negative babies.
Because we feel this is established, we are not testing for pos/neg - but to determine the amount/frequency of shedding and if it can be effected through husbandry.
Stress + poor husbandry + re-infection = disease.
We believe that adenoviruses are associated with disease, but usually there are additional co-factors involved that promote a progression to illness.
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