DISEASES AND PESTS OF FOWLS 



segments of worms,- seen in the droppings. 

 If there is doubt as to whether a flock is 

 suffering from worms, give a suspected 

 bird a strong purgative and keep it up so 

 that the feces may be examined for worms. 

 If doubt still 

 exists, the sus- 

 pected bird 

 should be killed 

 and a post-mor- 

 tem examina- 

 tion made. Cut 

 the intestines 

 open length- 

 ways (see Fig. 

 34) with a small 

 pair of scissors 

 and wash them out with water so as to de- 

 tect the smaller worms, and the tapeworms 

 attached to the lining of the intestines. 



Cause. Two classes of worms are com- 

 monly parasitic on fowls round worms 

 (see Fig. 27) and tapeworms. There are 

 generally a few specimens of worms in the 

 intestines of fowls ; but only when the num- 



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FIG. 27. WORMS IN INTESTINAL TRACT 



OF FOWL 



(After Bradshaw. From Pearl, Surface 

 & Curtis.) 



