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transmitting sicknesses to corns
- Thread starter Adam8
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thats not 100% true Rachel BUT it is close enough to be about right.
Certain diseases CAN cross between individuals from different species however such things are rare and VERY specific.. eg the suspected link between TB in wild badgers and TB in captive cattle. This particular strain of TB is identical in both species and is suspected that it can cross between them but not into any other species, although nothing is actually proven on this and all the links are theorised rather than proven.
As for cornsnake/human diseases.... i would be very surprised if any common human illness would have any effect on a snake at all.
Certain diseases CAN cross between individuals from different species however such things are rare and VERY specific.. eg the suspected link between TB in wild badgers and TB in captive cattle. This particular strain of TB is identical in both species and is suspected that it can cross between them but not into any other species, although nothing is actually proven on this and all the links are theorised rather than proven.
As for cornsnake/human diseases.... i would be very surprised if any common human illness would have any effect on a snake at all.
) and I didn't know if I should handle my snakes or not. Thx again.
Rachel
Vet nurse in training!
Fair enough Blito, but I was answering a qu about human/corn transmission. I understand that there are quite a few diseases that can be transmitted between mammals, no matter what species. There are none that I can find that can be transmitted from humans to reptiles (except the whole salmonella thing, which imo isn't totally clear on whether human carriers can transmit to snakes).