Transforming an Invasive Pest into a Health Solution: Nutria as a Sustainable Source of Natural UDCA
(Nutria | FWS.gov) A nutria (Myocastor coypus) in a U.S. wetland, showing its characteristic large orange incisors. Nutria are invasive, semi-aquatic rodents that have become a serious ecological threat in the United States (FS-WS-NutriaAnInvasiveRodent-4.10.20.R3.indd). Paradoxically, these pests may also serve a beneficial purpose as a sustainable source of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), a valuable bile acid…