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 centre, 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. Lower down, the oesophagus is similarly invaded. 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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