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So, we live in Florida were it's home to the nasty bug 'cockroaches' sigh I don't like even saying it it's just a disgusting creature.
Well we have 4 chickens one just passed away from old age a few days ago
and there's two 20 week old black sex-links 'we THINK' and an EE, and a red SL.
I was looking at my EE, (her name is BB short for blue bell) and I saw something in it so I then focused on it, she would close it half way a lot. Then I saw a white skinny worm merge from the corner layers of membrane (I think membrane?) It looked like a pin worm from a human.
That was a week and a half ago. We've been treating it with VetRX, it hasn't helped, it's still there.
We have done a TREMENDOUS amount of research. (yes on BYC) BB's eye isn't swollen one bit! That's why I'm worried if its eye worm or not. It sounds stupid that I'm worrying about if its eye worm or not when there's a WORM in her EYE.
Does anybody know about this/ heard about this?
But since we live in the "oh great sunny, hot, rainy cockroachey, Florida we have.. .....YES.... cockroaches.
Birds become infected when eating contaminated cockroaches. After digestion infective larvae are released in the bird's gut. They migrate along the esophagus the pharynx and the mouth to the lacrimal duct and the eyes. This migration is very fast: 20 minutes after ingestion of the contaminated cockroaches worm larvae were already found in the lacrimal ducts. Once there, they complete development to adult worms and start producing eggs.
That is from the article of the following link.
http://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2654&Itemid=2943
It's official name is oxyspirura mansoni.
Has anyone else had to deal with this?!!?
It would greatly be appreciated if you helped!
Thanks!
Well we have 4 chickens one just passed away from old age a few days ago
I was looking at my EE, (her name is BB short for blue bell) and I saw something in it so I then focused on it, she would close it half way a lot. Then I saw a white skinny worm merge from the corner layers of membrane (I think membrane?) It looked like a pin worm from a human.
That was a week and a half ago. We've been treating it with VetRX, it hasn't helped, it's still there.
We have done a TREMENDOUS amount of research. (yes on BYC) BB's eye isn't swollen one bit! That's why I'm worried if its eye worm or not. It sounds stupid that I'm worrying about if its eye worm or not when there's a WORM in her EYE.
Does anybody know about this/ heard about this?
But since we live in the "oh great sunny, hot, rainy cockroachey, Florida we have.. .....YES.... cockroaches.
Birds become infected when eating contaminated cockroaches. After digestion infective larvae are released in the bird's gut. They migrate along the esophagus the pharynx and the mouth to the lacrimal duct and the eyes. This migration is very fast: 20 minutes after ingestion of the contaminated cockroaches worm larvae were already found in the lacrimal ducts. Once there, they complete development to adult worms and start producing eggs.
That is from the article of the following link.
http://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2654&Itemid=2943
It's official name is oxyspirura mansoni.
Has anyone else had to deal with this?!!?
It would greatly be appreciated if you helped!
Thanks!
