The snails pose a serious health risk to humans by carrying the parasite rat lungworm, known to cause meningitis in humans.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services confirmed there were giant African land snails found in the New Port Richey area of Pasco County on June 23,A quarantine was issued on June 25 that prevents residents from moving the snail or related items, like plants and soil, in or out of the designated quarantine area.
The snails pose a serious health risk to humans by carrying the parasite rat lungworm, known to cause meningitis in humans.Giant African land snails, which can reach eight inches long, are illegal to import or possess in the United States without a permit. FDACS said the population in Pasco County likely originated from the illegal pet trade.
Last week, FDACS’s Division of Plant Industry started to survey the area, enacted a quarantine and will begin treatment for the detrimental pest. FDACS said it will treat properties with a metaldehyde-based molluscicide . FDACS said it plans to spend three years eradicating the population in Pasco County, using the pesticide metaldehyde to treat the soil.
The snails can produce up to 2,500 eggs per year, so the population is difficult to control, officials said. This is not the first time Florida has dealt with an invasion of giant snails, CNN reported. In 2011,The first detection in Florida was in 1969 and was eradicated in 1975.
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