Impact ID | 4954 |
Impact Type | Disease/Parasite/Toxicity |
Study Type | Anecdotal |
Study Location | N/A |
Impact Description | Banded mystersnail is known to be the intermediate host for trematodes and has, as a result, been involved in spreading parasites to aquatic birds, resulting in large avian die-offs. In 2007, over 3,000 scaup and coots died in a Northern Wisconsin lake as a result of ingesting the infected, non-native snails, with many more birds unable to fly because of the infection |
Reference | 31321 |
Cost | |
Location | Wisconsin |