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What is a gapeworm?

What is a gapeworm? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
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After being consumed by the bird, gapeworm larvae hatch in the intestine and migrate from the intestine to the trachea and lungs.
Birds who eat the infected earthworms may become infected with gapeworm larvae.
He had some suggestions about that, but the main word is that there is not much that can be done about gapeworm since it is fungal.
Once gapeworm is confirmed it can be easily treated by Ivermectin or Panacur per your veterinarian's recommendation.
This is the gapeworm of poultry, found in the trachea of chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl and many species of wild birds.
A common nematode of the respiratory tract is known as the gapeworm, or Syngamus trachea.

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