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Chart : (MERCK veterinary Manual)
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/htm/bc/tpou05.htm
(this is a chart showing which insect hosts infect your birds with internal parasites/worms)
For those considering feeding your birds earthworms/roaches etc. I have posted this information in the hope to discourage you. I know one cannot prevent free ranging chickens from gobbling up insect goodies (after all what could be more natural? HOWEVER , this is also the reason why 80% of free range flocks have worms infestation compared to cagelayer systems (and NO I do not and am not in favor of the caged system practice but it is a fact that this is one of the "benefits" of a closed caged system utilized by the poultry industry~ many think there are so little "approved" wormers for poultry because the makers dont want to put out the money for tests for the "lowly" chicken but in truth >>>it just is not such a problem in commercial (closed/caged) systems.) It IS however a problem for the small backyard free-range flock because the worm infestations / internal parasitic disease is directly related to the ingestion of specific insects which are carriers/hosts for the organisms which in turn (once the insect is ingested by your birds) give your birds worms. Parasitic disease obtained through such insect hosts is called HELMINTHIASIS ....the insect hosts these HELMINTHS and even though you cant avoid your bird free ranging them you CAN avoid giving them specifically as treats or encouraging your birds to places where they are in abundance) ...Here are a couple articles on it:
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/202800.htm
http://compepid.tuskegee.edu/syllabi/pathobiology/pathology/avianmed/chapter8.html
(Note: farmed insects (mealworms etc ) raised in a sterile controlled environment will not be problematic)
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/htm/bc/tpou05.htm
(this is a chart showing which insect hosts infect your birds with internal parasites/worms)
For those considering feeding your birds earthworms/roaches etc. I have posted this information in the hope to discourage you. I know one cannot prevent free ranging chickens from gobbling up insect goodies (after all what could be more natural? HOWEVER , this is also the reason why 80% of free range flocks have worms infestation compared to cagelayer systems (and NO I do not and am not in favor of the caged system practice but it is a fact that this is one of the "benefits" of a closed caged system utilized by the poultry industry~ many think there are so little "approved" wormers for poultry because the makers dont want to put out the money for tests for the "lowly" chicken but in truth >>>it just is not such a problem in commercial (closed/caged) systems.) It IS however a problem for the small backyard free-range flock because the worm infestations / internal parasitic disease is directly related to the ingestion of specific insects which are carriers/hosts for the organisms which in turn (once the insect is ingested by your birds) give your birds worms. Parasitic disease obtained through such insect hosts is called HELMINTHIASIS ....the insect hosts these HELMINTHS and even though you cant avoid your bird free ranging them you CAN avoid giving them specifically as treats or encouraging your birds to places where they are in abundance) ...Here are a couple articles on it:
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/202800.htm
http://compepid.tuskegee.edu/syllabi/pathobiology/pathology/avianmed/chapter8.html
(Note: farmed insects (mealworms etc ) raised in a sterile controlled environment will not be problematic)
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