Blue Crane Anthropoides paradisea Post Mortem of nine days old chick. Neck, opened to reveal trachea, oesophagus, worm parasites

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Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradisea). Post Mortem of a nine days old chick. Revealing, top left, section of trachea, or wind pipe. Opened up to show still living Gape Worms (Syngamus sp. or Cyathostoma sp. ) A compaction of these leading to a blockage of airways probable cause of death. Earthworms are an intermediary host and the feeding of the chick by parents of these could have been the means of infection.

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