. Conkey's poultry book : a handy book of reference on poultry raising. Poultry; Poultry; Poultry. CAUSEâThe Gape Worm (Syn- gamus Trachealis) a parasite affect- ing poultry, usually confines itself to young chicks. The chick acquires the gape worm either through in- fected drinking water, or from eat- ing angle worms, or from picking gape worms from the ground, etc., Illustration No. 22. where Other chicks have coughed . ^1'"=^"" "â "' ^"P==- , them up. Gape worms are. originally, a parsite of the common earth worm and these earth worms, in an affected area, carr
. Conkey's poultry book : a handy book of reference on poultry raising. Poultry; Poultry; Poultry. CAUSEâThe Gape Worm (Syn- gamus Trachealis) a parasite affect- ing poultry, usually confines itself to young chicks. The chick acquires the gape worm either through in- fected drinking water, or from eat- ing angle worms, or from picking gape worms from the ground, etc., Illustration No. 22. where Other chicks have coughed . ^1'"=^"" "â "' ^"P==- , them up. Gape worms are. originally, a parsite of the common earth worm and these earth worms, in an affected area, carry the embryos in their bodies. The best way is for the poultryman to keep all little chicks ofi such "gapy ; During the time that the gape worms are drawing their sustenance from the chick, the chick itself is los- ing Its vitality and strength, just at the time when this is most needed to produce a strong, healthy fowl. If the gape worms gather to any great extent in the windpipe as they mature, the windpipe becomes filled with their bodies and the chick chokes to death. Of course, many chicks have the Gapes and do not die, but this is probably due more to the lack of number of worms than to anything else. Gape Worms do not multiply in the windpipe as the eggs or embryos, go to the ground before hatching, and it is only the acquired worms that bother the chicks SYMPTOMS-This disease first shows as a slight cough; then, as the irritation becomes more acute and the worms grow larger, it causes the gaping which gives the disease its name. This is usually accompanied by more or less sneezing, difficulty in swallowing, breathing, etc In- asmuch as the symptoms of this disease are very much like those of Bronchitis and Pneumonia, you should be ' absolutely certain of the presence of Gapes before start-. Illustration No. 23. Trachea showing (^ape Worm, 38. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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