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Snake Cryptosporidiosis (view source)
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==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.
==Literature Search==
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Use these links to find recent scientific publications via CAB Abstracts (log in required unless accessing from a subscribing organisation).
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[http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?q=(title:(snake)+OR+ab:(snake)+OR+od:(snake))+AND+(title:(cryptosporidi*)) Snake Cryptosporidiosis publications]
'''For more information on good husbandry, see''' [[:Category: Snake Husbandry|Snake Husbandry]].
'''For more information on good husbandry, see''' [[:Category: Snake Husbandry|Snake Husbandry]].
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