Okay. I haven't been raising chickens for decades; but once a chicken raiser, always a chicken raiser. I don't necessarily miss it, but there is a necessity. I learned a lot of new science when we were farming.. I'm only just now beginning to publish any of it due to life restraints in the past...
Think along the lines of an antero-biological parasite? I believe that specimens of such might be able to be collected from lake frier, near Hammon Oklahoma, and possibly other nearby lakes and/or ponds. r.b 1/29/25