Type E Botulism in Michigan - Michigan Sea Grant
Type E Botulism in Michigan - Michigan Sea Grant
Type E Botulism in Michigan - Michigan Sea Grant
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Consumption of the Bacteria<br />
• <strong>Type</strong> E botulism affects primarily <strong>in</strong>habitants<br />
of the open lake and bare beaches, namely<br />
gulls, loons, grebes, and mergansers. All of<br />
which are fish eaters.<br />
• Fish rema<strong>in</strong>s have<br />
consistently been<br />
found <strong>in</strong> dead birds<br />
(80-100% of the<br />
affected birds<br />
exam<strong>in</strong>ed).