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REPORT UPON THE PRESENT KNOWLEDGE 

 OF THE TAPEWORMS OF POULTRY. 



BY CH WAKUKLl. STILES 



LiKNEKAL DlSGU8S10i\. 



It has beeu knowu for yeai's that tapeworms infest 

 domesticated poultry, aud in some cases they cause 

 serious epizootics among fowls. The outbreaks thus 

 I'ar rt'corded have occurred chielly iu Europe, and as 

 a uatural outcome almost the entire work which has 

 been published ou these parasites is the result of 

 European investigations. The literature upon the 

 subject is accordingly in Latin, German, French, Dan- 

 ish, Italian, etc., while in the English language we have 

 only a few short notices concerning these worms. 

 Generic and specilic diagnoses of the parasites of this 

 group are almost unknovsn articles in the English lan- 

 guage, while as yet we have absolutely no reliable data 

 as to how many species of tapeworms are found in 

 American poultry. 



Several outbreaks of tapeworm disease have been 

 noticed in fowls in different parts of the country, and 

 upon various occasions specimens have been sent to 

 this Bureau for identification. .\s Dr. Moore (ISO."!)* 



