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'''For more vivarium disinfectants, see''' [[Lizard and Snake Day to Day Practice]].

'''For more vivarium disinfectants, see''' [[Lizard and Snake Day to Day Practice]].

==Prevention==

==Prevention==

Good husbandry practices will always be invaluable as part of a preventive medicine program. Limiting stressors and maintaining good hygiene will decrease the spread of cryptosporidiosis. Snakes should not be housed with other reptiles since they are susceptible to the excreted oocysts from carriers.  Cryptosporidium spp. that infect mammals do not infect snakes and it appears that Cryptosporidium serpentis is not adapted to poikilotherms and therefore not contagious to mammals.

Good husbandry practices will always be invaluable as part of a preventive medicine program. Limiting stressors and maintaining good hygiene will decrease the spread of cryptosporidiosis. Snakes should not be housed with other reptiles since they are susceptible to the excreted oocysts from carriers.  ''Cryptosporidium'' spp. that infect mammals do not infect snakes and it appears that ''Cryptosporidium serpentis'' is not adapted to poikilotherms and therefore not contagious to mammals.

'''For more information on good husbandry, see''' [[:Category: Snake Husbandry|Snake Husbandry]].

'''For more information on good husbandry, see''' [[:Category: Snake Husbandry|Snake Husbandry]].

[[Category:Snake_Diseases]]

[[Category:Snake_Diseases]]