Cobalt in wormer. Is it safe?

[MysteryChicken]

No, they are nematodes.

I've done searches on nematodes a month ago, which I read nematodes are classified as a type roundworms. Most of which are harmless to people, but harmful to most plants, insects, & certain animals.

 

[dawg53]

I've done searches on nematodes a month ago, which I read nematodes are classified as a type roundworms. Most of which are harmless to people, but harmful to most plants, insects, & certain animals.

Keeping it in chicken lingo; nematodes in poultry are roundworms, and there are quite a few that infect chickens. Cestodes are tapeworms.
Do you know what trematodes are? I've dealt with trematodes once in a hen a long time ago.

 

[Kiki]

Keeping it in chicken lingo; nematodes in poultry are roundworms, and there are quite a few that infect chickens. Cestodes are tapeworms.
Do you know what trematodes are? I've dealt with trematodes once in a hen a long time ago.

I do! I do!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Keeping it in chicken lingo; nematodes in poultry are roundworms, and there are quite a few that infect chickens. Cestodes are tapeworms.
Do you know what trematodes are? I've dealt with trematodes once in a hen a long time ago.

Trematodes are also flat worms.

 

[MysteryChicken]

http://www.poultryhub.org/health/disease/types-of-disease/parasitic-worms-or-helminths/

 

[dawg53]

Trematodes are also flat worms.

Yes, they also include tapeworms.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The worm that came out of my chicken was light pink, & about an inch long.

 

[dawg53]

The worm that came out of my chicken was light pink, & about an inch long.

It sounds like shed intestinal lining. Most poultry worms are white or off white in color. Gizzard worm and gapeworm are red in color. Flukes are pinkish in color but tiny.

 

[MysteryChicken]

It sounds like shed intestinal lining. Most poultry worms are white or off white in color. Gizzard worm and gapeworm are red in color. Flukes are pinkish in color but tiny.

It came out wiggling around in the poop frantically.

 

[dawg53]

Did it look like one of these worms?