Researchers have assessed the health of 29 Native American wild snake species and have found several startling issues that can have detrimental effects on wild snake populations in the southeastern United States. The researchers tested snakes in the southeastern United States for the following diseases: Cryptosporidium spp., Hepatozoon spp., Mycoplasma spp., Oo, Raillietiella orientalis (Ro), Salmonella spp., and serpentoviruses.
They conducted …
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