rMDPV: Recombinant Muscovy duck parvovirus, a strain arising from genetic recombination between classical MDPV and goose parvovirus, often associated with altered pathogenic properties.

Muscovy Duck Nesting Habits Muscovy ducks mate several times a year, producing as many as 16 eggs each time. Mother ducks stay on the nest almost constantly throughout the month-long incubation.

Since then, one duck has succumbed to its injuries and had to be euthanized, according to Dorson. The goose, too, is "declining in health," he said. Muscovy ducks eat corn spread by John Newman.