Impact ID | 5674 |
Impact Type | Disease/Parasites/Toxicity |
Study Type | Experimental |
Study Location | Laboratory |
Impact Description | Bullfrogs, 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. |
Reference | 39856 |
Great Lakes Region | No |
Cost | |
Location | California, USA |