missnoodliness: Blood from a red-tailed boa. If you turn up your brightness and look closely, lympho
missnoodliness: Blood from a red-tailed boa. If you turn up your brightness and look closely, lymphocytes and red cells contain a spherical, blue-gray inclusion body. This is inclusion body disease with an unknown cause. This disease is typically fatal, but the snake is clinically healthy. He’s been in isolation for the past 1.5 years and is suspected to be an asymptomatic carrier for the time being, though the number of inclusion bodies would suggest the disease is acute. -- source link