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Renal Fluke Infection in Waterfowl:

Summary Information
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Alternative Names Renicola somateriae Infection
Disease Agents Trematodes (flukes) of the genus Renicola; Renicola somateriae reported pathogenic (B15).
Infectious Agent(s)
Non-infectious Agent(s) --
Physical Agent(s) -- Indirect / Secondary
General Description Deaths of eider ducklings parasitised with Renicola somateriae (B15).
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Techniques linked to this disease
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Host taxa groups /species
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)
Disease / Agent has been reported in free-ranging populations of the following WATERFOWL Species: --
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