LICE, MITES, AND CLEANLINESS. 
J. W. KINGHORNE and D. M. GREEN, 
Animal Husbandry Division. 
CONTENTS. 
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ICE and mites are common pests that usually can be found 
wherever poultry is kept. They are a source of continuous 
annoyance, and if present in large numbers cause slow or stunted 
growth as well as death in young chicks, and reduce flesh and egg 
production in mature birds. For this reason every boy and girl 
must keep the fowls as well as the poultry houses, nests, brood coops, 
etc., free from lice, mites, and other vermin, if he or she is to succeed 
with poultry or poultry-club work. 
KINDS OF LICE. 
More than 40 distinct species of lice infest the different varieties 
of domestic poultry. Seven species are commonly found on hens and 
chickens, 4 or 5 on pigeons, 2 or 3 each on ducks and geese, 3 on 
turkeys, and several each on guinea fowl and peafowl. The kinds 
most common on hens and chickens, however, are usually classed in 
three groups, known as body lice, head lice, and feather lice. They 
intermingle to a considerable extent, and their habits are very simi- 
lar, but all are a pest and an annoyance to the fowls and should be 
destroyed. 
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1 Much of the information given in this bulletin is drawn from Farmers’ Bulletin 801, 
“Mites and Lice on Poultry,” by F. C. Bishopp and H. P. Wood, of the Bureau of 
Entomology. 
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