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Lettuce Narcosis in Waterfowl

Summary Information
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Alternative Names  
Disease Agents Lettuce
Infectious Agent(s)
Non-infectious Agent(s) Toxin type unclear
Physical Agent(s) -- Indirect / Secondary
General Description Coma with spontaneous recovery, and overnight deaths, following feeding of lettuce (Butterhead variety) to ducklings. J3.141.w1
Further Information Lettuce involved was organically grown (J3.141.w1).
Techniques linked to this disease --
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Host taxa groups /species
Disease has been reported in either the wild or in captivity in the following WATERFOWL Species: Mixed-breed domestic ducks Anas platyrhynchos domesticus (J3.141.w1).
Disease has been reported in free-ranging populations of the following WATERFOWL Species: --
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