Syngamus Trachea Infestation in Emu

ZOOS' PRINT, Volume XXV, Number 2, February 2010, (RNI 11:5) Syngamus trachea, the “gape worm” occurs in the trachea of turkey, fowl, pheasant, guinea fowl, goose and various wild birds. In the trachea, the worm attach themselves to the mucosa and suck blood with consequent catarrhal inflammation to the trachea and anaemia. In heavy infections migration through lungs may cause echymosis, oedema and even lobar pneumonia (Soulsby,1976). The present communication reports a case in Emu.