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REPORT UPON THE PRESENT KNOWLEDGE 

 OF THE TAPEWORMS OF POULTRY. 



BV CH. WAKUKLL STII.ES. 



PAKT I. 

 GENEKAL DitiUUlSSlON. 



it iias beeu knowu for years tiiat tapevvoiius infest 

 domesticated poultry, and in some cases they cause 

 serious epizootics among fowls. The outbreaks thus 

 far recorded have occurred chielly in Europe, and as 

 a natural outcome almost the entire work which has 

 beeu published on 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 wonns. 

 Generic and specific diagnoses of the parasites of this 

 group are almost unknown 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. As Dr. Moore (1895)* 



*A Xodular Taeniasis in Fowls, by Dr. V. A. Moore. 



