Impact ID5674
Impact TypeDisease/Parasite/Toxicity
Study TypeExperimental
Study LocationLaboratory
Impact DescriptionBullfrogs, Lithobates catesbeianus acted as a dilution host for pathogenic trematode, Ribeiroia ondatrae. They attracted tremetodes but were rarely infected, thereby reducing some of the parasitic loads of other amphibian species.
Reference39856
Cost 
LocationCalifornia, USA

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