Impact ID4954
Impact TypeDisease/Parasite/Toxicity
Study TypeAnecdotal
Study LocationN/A
Impact DescriptionBanded 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
Reference31321
Cost 
LocationWisconsin

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