| Summary Information |
| Diseases / List of Parasitic Diseases
/ Disease summary |
| Alternative Names |
Renicola
somateriae Infection |
| Disease Agents |
Trematodes
(flukes) of the genus Renicola; Renicola somateriae reported pathogenic
(B15). |
| Infectious
Agent(s) |
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| Non-infectious
Agent(s) |
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| Physical
Agent(s) |
-- Indirect / Secondary |
| General Description |
Deaths of eider
ducklings parasitised with Renicola somateriae (B15). |
| Further Information |
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| Techniques linked to this disease |
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| Host taxa groups /species |
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| Disease / Agent has been reported in either the wild or in
captivity in the following WATERFOWL Species: |
- Eider ducklings in Russia - mass mortality (B15, B91).
- Somateria mollissima - Common eider, Somateria spectabilis -
King eider, Bucephala clangula - Common goldeneye, Clangula hyemalis - Long-tailed
duck, Histrionicus histrionicus - Harlequin duck (B91)
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| Disease / Agent has been reported in free-ranging populations
of the following WATERFOWL Species: |
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