Do ducks get sick when they eat apple snails?

Oncomelania hupensis has strong adaptability, high fecundity and fast growth. The intermediate host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis has become a worldwide alien invasive organism, which does great harm to human health. Will the duck get sick if he eats the longevity snail? We might as well learn about it together.

Will ducks get sick if they eat longevity snails?

Ducks won't get sick if they eat clean meat of longevity snails. However, if Fushou snail grows in a body of water with parasites, raw feeding of Fushu snail will infect ducks with tapeworms, trematodes, etc. It is best to boil or dry the snails and feed them to ducks.

2. Taboos on the consumption of Oncomelania hupensis

Fushu snails can be infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis and other parasites, so you must cook them and never eat them raw or half-raw, especially cold meat or barbecue snails. The emergence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Beijing in 2006 was due to the fact that some people ate undercooked snails.

III. Harm of Oncomelania hupensis

The original origin of Oncomelania hupensis is the Amazon River Basin in South America. After the artificial introduction was introduced into Taiwan, some southern regions and Southeast Asian countries, the snail lost the restriction of its original natural enemies, and the rice seedling was its favorite host plant. Climatic conditions are very conducive to its growth and reproduction, so it has caused serious harm to rice production in these areas.

The peak periods of spawning and hatching of Oncomelania hupensis are from April to June and August to October every year, and they are also the exuberant periods when the damage of adult snails and young snails are concentrated. Rice, Ziyunying, Pleurotus ostreatus, Cishi, sweet potato, vegetables and other crops are the main harm to Oncomelania hupensis, especially to rice. Oncomelania hupensis will cause harm in almost the whole growth period of rice, and the main damage stage is from seedling to tillering stage. young snails and adult snails will bite rice leaves and tillers, resulting in the reduction of effective panicle and yield of rice because of the decrease of tillering.

Oncomelania hupensis may also become a carrier of diseases and parasites. Improper cooking methods, raw food or undercooked consumption can pose a threat to human health. For example, the posterior round nematode it carries can cause fatal eosinophilic meningitis, and trematodes can cause skin allergies. The shell of Oncomelania hupensis is sharp and easy to scratch farmers' hands and feet, and a large amount of feces can pollute the water. Competition with native species leads to the reduction or even extinction of local freshwater organisms, affecting aquatic biodiversity.

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