Category: Reports
Trichobilharzia SPP. Egg Production in Common Merganser (Mergus Merganser) Ducklings, Second Year Adults and Brooding Hens in Northern Michigan
SIS Control for Higgins and Crystal Lakes
2024 Year End Report
Swimmer’s Itch Control: Timely waterfowl brood relocation
Details of the Trap and Relocate program we use at Higgins Lake. The results of our Swimmers Itch success at Higgins Lake speak for themselves. Published in 2024, this peer-reviewed paper contains empirical evidence that trapping and relocating greatly reduces SI cases.
Paper title: Swimmer’s itch control: Timely waterfowl brood relocation significantly reduces an avian schistosome population and human cases on recreational lakes
and the link: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0288948
2022 & 2023 Year End Report
2022 Water Exposure Study
Helisoma Parasite Study
Helisoma Parasite Study now available online. Click the link below to view the study.
2021 Year End Report
The 2021 Year End Report is now available. Click the link below to view the report.
2020 HLSIO Water Sample Study Pan-Schistosomes
The 2020 Water Sample Analysis is now available online. Click the link below to view the report.