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. Fic. Seen IN eae TRACT 
34) with a small (After Bradshaw. From Pearl, Surface 
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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