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Rat lungworm infection can lead to hind-leg paralysis and brain damage in dogs. The southern US is facing waves of an invasive snail that carries rat lungworm.
Wildlife officials identified the first known population of Apple snails, an invasive species native to South America, in southeastern North Carolina.
RALEIGH — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced Monday that Apple Snail, a harmful invasive aquatic species, have been identified along the Lumber River in Lumberton.
The Apple Snail's pink mass of eggs can also cause skin and eye rashes if touched, experts said. Wildlife authorities want the public's help tracking and eradicating the snail
Apple Snails and their eggs, deadly to humans and ecosystems, were found on the Lumber River, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said.