The giant African snail, Achatina
fulica (Mollusca, Gastropoda), has been found naturally infected with A.
A total of 14 species were inventoried during the study period: White-headed Duck, Garganey Anas querquedula, Eurasian Teal Anas crecca, Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula, Ferruginous Duck, Mallard Anas platyrhyncos, Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata, Gadwall Anas strepera, Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope, Northern Pintail Anas acuta, and Common Pochard Aythya ferina (Anatidae); and Common Coot
Fulica atra, Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus, and Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio (Rallidae).
Home-range of the invasive terrestrial gastropod, Achatina
fulica (Gastropoda: Achatinidae), in an Ecuadorian dry forest conservation area
(%) events Species H5N1 2005-06 H5N8 2014-15 group Species epizootic epizootic Rails Eurasian coot 5 (1) (
Fulica atra) Crested coot (
Fulica cristata) Purple swamphen 4 (1) (Porphyrio porphyrio) Common moorhen 1 (0.2) (Gallinula chloropus) Total 10 (2) Swans Unspecified.
One morphologic type of sarcocyst was found in 26% (7/27) of Eurasian coots (
Fulica atra) and was described as Sarcocystis fulicae n sp using morphologic, 18S ribosomal (r)DNA, 28S rDNA, and internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) analysis.
Biological responses of the American coot (
Fulica americana), in wetlands with contrasting environmental conditions (Basin of Mexico).
"First Comprehensive Molecular and Morphological Identification of the Rat Lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis Chen, 1935 (Nematoda: Strongylida: Metastrongylida) in Association with the Giant African Snail, Lissachatina
fulica (Bowdich, 1822) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Achtinidae) in Florida." Nematropica 45(1):20-33.
Mortality to the giant African snail, Lissachatina
fulica (Gastropoda: Achatinidae), and non-target snails using select molluscicides.
Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the vector snails Pomacea canaliculata and Achatina
fulica in China: a meta-analysis.
Fulica - coots