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dissecting tliese birds, tapewoiuis (Taenia lancolata) 

 were found in the intestines in great numbers. 



As to the treatment of fowls afflicted witli tape- 

 worms, a large number of remedies are recommended 

 and used with more or less profit. 



One of the standard remedies among European poul- 

 terers is powdered bark of the i>omegranate root, of 

 which one teaspoonful is apportioned for the feed of 

 eacli fifty chickens. Powdered areca nut may also be 

 used in doses of from thirty to forty grains, mixed 

 with butter to form a pill. This quantity should be 

 administered to each bird, but it is not a good remedy 

 for turkeys. Dr. vStiles of the Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry has recently experimented with the oil of tur- 

 pentine as a remedy for fowls and finds that the larg- 

 est safe dose is about one tablespoomful. This remedy 

 is very useful for the purpose of removing parasites of 

 all kinds from the intestinal canal of most of the do- 

 mestic animals and it is altogether probable that it 

 will prove of considerable value in treating fowls with 

 tapewoi-m. It should be followed by an equal quantity 

 of castor oil. As with most other diseases of poultry 

 it is very much better to prevent than to attempt to 

 cure, and knowing what we do with reference to the 

 development and life history of tapeworms, it is quite 

 possible, in n ost cases, to avoid their effects. 



To prevent tapeworm disease among fowis it is im 

 portant, first of all, to keep no birds in the fiock tliat 

 are supposed to be infested by tapeworms. It is also 

 important that fowls should not be allowed to roam 

 where other fowls are known to have contra ctcd or 

 carried these parasites. Especial attention sliould be 

 devot-3d to the removal of droppings of fowls that may 

 ])Ossibly be infesttd and these dro])]>ings should eitliei- 

 be destroyed or treated in such a manner that the tape- 



