Internal Parasites 



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with 1 tablespoonful of oil of turpentine and mix thoroughly 

 by shaking. Give a teaspoonful of the mixture night and 

 morning for a few days ; or divide j of an ounce of areca nut 

 in powder, into 4 parts, and 

 give 1 part each morning, zr .x^ 



fasting, with a dessertspoon- 

 ful of sweet oil 2 hours after 

 each powder." 



Flukes 



Flukes or trematode worms 

 are small, flat and usually 

 oval-shaped. Figure 24 gives 

 a fair idea of the appearance 

 of these parasites. 



Regarding these parasites 

 in poultry, Theobald ^ says : 



" The Trematode worms or 

 Flukes found in the fowl are 

 3 in number. One is found 

 in the egg {Distoma ovatum) 

 the others in the esophagus 

 and intestines. 



"The Fluke found in the 

 esophagus of the fowl is 

 known as Cephalogonimus 

 pellucidus, as transparent 

 reddish fluke about 9 mm. 

 Von Linstor and Railliet. 



cv. 



Fig. 24. — Trematode worm or fluke 

 showing internal structure. (From 

 Thompson after Sommer.) 



long. These were found by 



In the intestines Neumann 



enumerates 7 species, namely, Notocotyle triserialis, Distoma 



oxycephalum Rud., D. dilatatum Miriam, D. lineare Zeder, 



D. ovatum, D. armatum Molin, and Mesogonimus commutatus 



1 Theobald, F. V., "Parasitic Diseases of Poultry." London. 



