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Old 01-04-2010, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Gottogo49 View Post
It's called sarcocystocis or in ducks "rice breast disease". It's caused by a protozoan parasite. They are destroyed by cooking and you don't see them in cooked ducks. All the same, if I see them, I normally don't eat them. see http://www.unbc.ca/nlui/wildlife_dis...arcocystis.htm I attempt to remove all the spaghetti worms from trout and reds that I see. There's just something about eating parasites.

From what an ole coonass told me, the rice breast is from the duck sitting in shallow water for a good bit of time. Anybody know?
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