The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08

AA different fl o c k 81
with DR.. Smith, o.
the bureau of animal industry.
for evidences of blackhead dis.
ease, we were very particular
to examine the intestines of eaca
for tapeworms, and found more
were infested than we had even sus.
pected. OF the sixty-five sick turkeys
showing no traces of the liver disease.
forty had tapeworms in their ines.
tines. These worms were from a qUa:-
ter of an inch to several inches "a
length. Occasionally those a foot ~
more long were found. In some spec,
mems great numbers of very ninuA
worms lined the upper intestine; otn
ers contained only large, fully deve!'.
oped worms in the lower intestine. On9
bird from a flock, the turkeys Of
which had been dying for over G
month and from which thirty had been
lost within week, was badly infested.
and no other cause for sickness could
be discovered. One little turkey threG
or four weeks old from another flocI
had many small worms in the duode,
mum, while the lower intestine was al.
most completely filled with a tangled
bunch of worms, about fifty in number,
several inches in length, This trOu-
BILE Is very prevalent in some flocks
during the spring and summer, and
especially in July and August among
turkeys on land which has been over
stocked with them for several years.
Evidently the younger the turkeys re-
ceiVe the parasites the more they suf-
fer. The worms probably irritate the
bowels, cause digestive arrangement,
diarrhea, weakness and death. A few
worms may do little harm, while a
great number may be fatal. Doubtless
L they survive until the embryos have
developed and have mostly passed out,
they may recover. At certain seasons
segments of these worms may be found
early in the mSrning under the roOsts
among the droppings of the infected
turkeys. Tapeworms cause more loss
among Western sheep, it is said, than
any other disease. AS their name i'm
plies, they are fiat worms. They have
a head and many joints, or segments.
They have no mouth, their nourish-
ment-the digested contents of the in
testines of their host-being received
by absorption. The head attaches it,
self to the lining of the intestines by
its suckers, or by curved, claw-like
hooks. The segments are gradually
formed next to the head and are push
ed back by the formation of new ones,
and finally reach position at the op-
posite extremity, or tail, when they
mature, separate and pass away. When
mature each segment is full of embryo
tapeworms. These embryos, those of
most species, are taken up by some
animal, within which they pass the in
termediate stage of development and
then pass to their final host. DR.. Sal
mon thinks it will be found that
insects or snaiIs are the |
intermediate host Of these tapeworm
embryos; that they probably are not
able to develop without an informed
late host. The longer tapeworm-in-
fected turkeys have been kept on q |
place and the greater the number an
nually grown the more thoroughly will |
apeWorm eggs be sown upon the land. |
II you can keep the breeding turkeys
Tree from the worms you may prevent
them from sowing the seeds of the I
Lapeworm crop. Dosing them in win
ter and spring to free them would he
an important preventive measure
Ihey should be confined to an inc1os-
IRE while being treated and the ground
md their droppings frequently disin-
-ected to destroy the eggs that mass
III. The little turkeys should he rais-
ID on land that turkeys or chickens
have not run on for years. as well as
gwen an occasional dose that will kin
worms. Possibly wild birds and ami
nails may infest such ground with the
iame embryos. Freshly powdarod
Aousso is recommended as ono ~ A.
'est worm medicines for human 10
ngs. The dose for child of six wears
5 ohe-iourth ounce, given in the
morning on an empty stomach
previous evacuation of the bowaIs =
recommended. as well as 2 b,.;eI - 1
hartlc, should the medicine NOT got ~
ne bowels within three or fo,,r t6,,S-
lne dose is usually sufficient tn a.
troy the worms. Kousso poisons tbo
worms but not the patient. Male fsrn ]
also efficient, but an overdose nois {
ms the patient. Tansy, powdera5 aS s
ca nut and ground pumpkin seed orc
$50 USED as remedies. Asafoetida ora
drpentine are recommended Tnrl-ar
rowers should cautiously test ~