Dead ducks were sent to the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., and they indicated that the losses were caused by trematodes, a small parasite the ducks picked up while feeding on ...
“The parasite requires intermediate hosts to complete a complex life cycle before it infects the final host, in this case scaup,” explains Dale Humburg, Chief Biologist of Ducks Unlimited.
The reason lies in an intraspecific battle being fought within the host species: the parasite is simply caught in the crossfire. The black-headed duck Heteronetta atricapilla, a little-known South ...
Getty More than 100,000 ducks at one New York farm are being euthanized due to an outbreak of the avian flu. The animals were a part of the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, Long Island — one of ...
3. Preening helps them stay dry. Preening is the process by which ducks groom themselves to get rid of dust, dirt, and ...