Immunohistochemical detection of a unique protein within cells of snakes having inclusion body disease, a world-wide disease seen in members of the families Boidae and Pythonidae.
Inclusion body disease (IBD) is a worldwide disease in captive boa constrictors (boa constrictor) and occasionally in other snakes of the families Boidae and Pythonidae.The exact causative agent(s) and pathogenesis M Jeans are not yet fully understood.Currently, diagnosis of IBD is based on the light microscopic identification of eosinophilic intra