Kids, put down the snails, they could carry rat lungworm
- Written by The Conversation Contributor
Slugs and snails can be accidentally eaten by dogs, wildlife species and humans.Shutterstock/Bankolo5Around 5% of common garden snails in and around Sydney contain larvae of the parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis, commonly known as the rat lungworm. It is probably more common in Brisbane and is seen on the coast from far north Queensland down to...





