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Freshwater shrimp farming would help control deadly parasitic disease 

Freshwater shrimp consume snails that transmit the parasite that causes schistosomiasis, so increased farming would reduce the spread of the deadly parasitic disease

By Undercurrent News | July 23, 2019 10:27 BST
River shrimp, like this Macrobrachium raised in a local hatchery in the Senegal River basin, can consume a dozen or more snails per day. A team led by University of California, Berkeley, scientists, has shown how communities can harness freshwater prawn's voracious appetite for snails to battle the parasite that causes schistosomiasis, while still making money selling the prawns for food. Credit: Hilary Duff of the Planetary Health Alliance
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