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There is one particularly nasty parasite that can cause symptoms which are often confused with a respiratory infection. Words: Sue Clarke Gapeworm eggs sit in the soil and are ingested by poultry while feeding. Earthworms also eat up the eggs, which then hatch inside a bird when they eat the earthworm. The gapeworm larvae then move to the trachea (windpipe) and attach to it. The thread-like larvae cause a bird to cough and gasp with its neck outstretched, its mouth gaping open, while hunched…

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