Impact ID |
Scientific Name
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Impact Type
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Study Type
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Study Location
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Impact Description
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Geographic Location
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Reference
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4486
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Leyogonimus polyoon
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Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
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Observational
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Field
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Birds infested with L. polyoon develop severe enteritis (intestinal trematodiasis), characterized by gross lesions, thickening of intestinal wall, a firm and distended duodenum and jejunum, and fibrinous to caseous cores of necrotic debris in the intestines that occlude the lumen
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Shawano Lake, Wisconsin
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24554
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4487
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Leyogonimus polyoon
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Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
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Observational
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Field
|
Birds heavily infected with L. polyoon may experience difficulty diving and flying
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|
24559
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4488
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Leyogonimus polyoon
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Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
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Observational
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Field
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Symptoms of L. polyoon infection are similar to those of avian cholera, including body weight loss, weakness, lethargy, and death as a result of hemorrhaging, anemia, blood loss, and shock
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|
24559
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4489
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Leyogonimus polyoon
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Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
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Observational
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Field
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Symptoms of L. polyoon infection are similar to those of avian cholera, including body weight loss, weakness, lethargy, and death as a result of hemorrhaging, anemia, blood loss, and shock
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24554
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6980
|
Leyogonimus polyoon
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Disease/Parasite/Toxicity
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Observational
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Field
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In 1997, infection by Leyogonimus polyoon caused a large scale mortality of coots (Fulica americana) in northeastern Wisconsin. Mortality events have occurred annually since then.
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Wisconsin
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24552
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