Aug 28, 2026 · 1 hr 55 min · 20 segments
In this episode, Bruce from BMC Bioscience LLC breaks down the intersection of high-level Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) breeding, laboratory-backed biosecurity, and reptile genetics.Bruce shares…
Bruce CarpenterGuestDillon PerronHostSo does that mean you're just continuously running tests, like viral tests and things like that?
So like on a new animal, an incoming routine would be to do maybe some of these surveillance techniques.
So anything new coming into my colony would start with those types of screens at the professional level.
So we're talking about high reliability, high confidence, over 95% reliability on these tests.
And I'm probably going to test it again six months to a year later, once it establishes in my environment.
Then I will partition those animals out into, I've got three rooms dedicated to this process.
So I've got a double quarantine room where things that are adjudicated to have a problem, like serpentivirus, asymptomatic, are put in that area.
If I found cryptosporidium, I would isolate that snake right away and get it to a vet and probably euthanize it if I found it.
People are less interested in spending money on that because it's expensive and there's a commitment to that, but it's important.
How do you set up that double quarantine room when you do have a serpentovirus positive animal? What are you doing to ensure that the rest of the collection isn't at risk?
So, uh, although it's not an airborne virus, uh, there is the potential, uh, of dust or something kicking up into the air, uh, that would be a transfer mechanism.
So I'm using a HEPA UVC flash air scrubber and I use it's made by air care.
And, um, And then in my main HVAC, I run a MERV 9 air filter, which is just a step below a HEPA filter.
So does that mean you're just continuously running tests, like viral tests and things like that?
So like on a new animal, an incoming routine would be to do maybe some of these surveillance techniques.
So anything new coming into my colony would start with those types of screens at the professional level.
So we're talking about high reliability, high confidence, over 95% reliability on these tests.
And I'm probably going to test it again six months to a year later, once it establishes in my environment.
Then I will partition those animals out into, I've got three rooms dedicated to this process.
So I've got a double quarantine room where things that are adjudicated to have a problem, like serpentivirus, asymptomatic, are put in that area.
If I found cryptosporidium, I would isolate that snake right away and get it to a vet and probably euthanize it if I found it.
People are less interested in spending money on that because it's expensive and there's a commitment to that, but it's important.
How do you set up that double quarantine room when you do have a serpentovirus positive animal? What are you doing to ensure that the rest of the collection isn't at risk?
So, uh, although it's not an airborne virus, uh, there is the potential, uh, of dust or something kicking up into the air, uh, that would be a transfer mechanism.
So I'm using a HEPA UVC flash air scrubber and I use it's made by air care.
And, um, And then in my main HVAC, I run a MERV 9 air filter, which is just a step below a HEPA filter.
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