Invasive snails known as apple and mystery snails carrying rat lungworm in Georgia, DNR says
The state agency warns that the snails were found to have a "low-level presence" of rat lungworm. They note that likelihood ...
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DNR warns of invasive snail that could carry harmful worm
Wildlife authorities are asking for anglers, boaters and lake visitors across Georgia to help prevent the spread of invasive ...
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Ga. DNR finds invasive snails can harm environment and your health in SWGA
The Georgia department of natural resources discovered several invasive nonnative snail species in Georgia carrying a ...
Officials warn that invasive snails can harm your health as well as Georgia wildlife
GEORGIA — The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division are encouraging anglers, boaters, and ...
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Invasive Snails Can Harm Environment And Your Health
Registration is open for the 16th annual trail race at Southern Adventist University, a collaboration between the ...
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This is how rat lungworm disease spreads between rodents, snails and humans
Hawaiʻi is considered the epicenter of rat lungworm disease, which is spread when people accidentally consume snails and ...
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Free-swimming Stage of the Trematode Parasite (IMAGE)
A single infected snail can release thousands of these tailed-stage parasites into the water every day. At this stage the parasite swims out from an infected snail, seeks out and burrows into a fish.
Health officials discover 2 more people with measles in Georgia
About a week after learning of a measles patient in Georgia, health officials have uncovered additional cases.
3,000 scaup found dead on Winnibigosh
An estimated 3,000 scaup and several hundred coot were found dead on Minnesota’s lake Winnibigosh. Waterfowl hunters and officials from the Minnesota DNR first ...