sibi said:I have received the package from deadheadvet (Evan) to take samples of my 4 sullies. One sully, Ms. Piggy, had passed away this morning. I took a sample of her and placed it in the refrigerator until Monday, when I expect to get the rest of the samples done. Then I'll mail all samples overnight to UF. I just need to k ow if Ms. Piggy had this disease.
Sorry about Mrs.Piggy. Necropsy would also be a great way to find out if she was taken by this. Evan can steer you about doing that as well. That lab is in Pacific Northwest. However it is more costly than the UFL tests. Soft tissue samples are best at findings of which was the cause.
In regards to the Forstenii. I do tend to favor sides which that of Benjamins statements. A lot of the animals coming out of SEA or Indo are kept until quotas are met and then sent out. A lot of times they are the conditions in which they are kept well before they are sent to dealers. In other events, systematic adenovirus is another issue with this species (more can be seen here on this http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-70536.html ). In relation to INC adenovirsuses are incredibly nasty too. Both INC and Adenovirus, or even irridioviruses can play on each other. Stress in any situation of carrier of one of the thousands of pathogens can eradicate an animals future.