Altan, Eda
Kubiski, Steven V.
Burchell, Jennifer
Bicknese, Elizabeth
Deng, Xutao
Delwart, Eric
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vitalant Research Institute (5419.18)
Article History
Received: 29 January 2019
Accepted: 9 April 2019
First Online: 16 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Samples from live snakes tested via PCR were utilized under San Diego Zoo Global’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (#15-017 and #18-024). Diseased snakes that contributed tissues for metagenomics, PCR, and ISH were humanely euthanized due to poor or grave prognosis for recovery in accordance with the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Guidelines for Euthanasia of Non Domestic Animals (2006) and the American Veterinary Medical Association Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals (2013).
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.