The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-04

the air and gasps. The chick then
stands around dropped" feathers ruff
fled. sleepy, listlcss, finally comb, wat
ties and face turn purple and the poor
creature dies.
When capes Get Into the Flock.
Ground that is infested by these
worms cannot be used successfully for
rearing young chicks. The soil should
be plowed and crops raised upon it.
Move all chick quarters. 1t is also a
good plan to raise the chicks away
from the flock Of grown birds. allowing
only the mother that broods them to
run with them.
Sometimes the following method re-
lieves the victim. 1t may be possible
to feel the lump in the windpipe. and
il SO. take a large feather. strip all the
barbs. except the tip. Dip this tip
in kerosene, grasp the bird, open its
mouth and pass the feather down the
windpipe past the lump of worms.
twist and withdraw the feather, en-
deavoring to dislodge the worms.
Worms Found in the intsstines.
There are two kinds of worms COM
monty found in the intestines. and they
have been found in so per cent Of the
birds examined in this laboratory.
These are round worms and ribbon
shaped worms. or tapeworms Some
people think that tapeworm con-
sumes food, but this is not So
It we examine a tapeworm under a
microscope we find that they have no
intestinal tract or mouth at all. They
attach themselves to the lining Of the
first portion of tho intestines and float
back in the intestinal tract among the
digesting food, where they absorb d.
gcsted nutrients. This is one reason
why fowls infested with these worms
arc poor and emaciated. This ahsorp-
ton Is accomplished by tho worm in
much the same manner as the absorp-
ton by the intestines.
The tapeworm attaches itself to the
lining of the intestines by means of
an apparatus consisting Of four suck
a double circle between the suckers.
With the aid of a lens we find that
back of the head of the worm there
is a short, smooth neck which is fol-
lowed by seg1nents. The segments
farthest from the head are the oldest.
and each is complete individual. 1t
absorbs its own food, develops its own
eggs. and finally separates itself from
the balance of the worm and passes
out to the ground. There are thou
sands of eggs in each segment. These
are scattered on the ground. among
food. in tho drinking water. and other
birds pick them up and are contami-
mated. AS fast as one segment drops
from the terminal end of the worm
another develops from the neck, and
as the distance from the neck grows
greater the segnents are more COM
pletely filled with mature eggs. Mean
while these segments are absorbing
nutrients from the intestinal tract OF
the host.
Tho presence of worms adds Ia the
discomfort Of tho birds; they cease ia
lay. become poor in flesh, young birds
do not make proper development; and
may cause death.
1t has been found that one kind OF
tapeworm has for its intermediate host
the common house fly. The fly eats
the eggs OF the worm. In this fly the
eggs hatch and pass through one stage
of their development. into tiny cyst
The fly is then eaten by the chicks
who are always after bugs and other
insects. The tapeworm larva natures
and new worms attach themselves to
the wall Of the intestine Of the new
host. E
1t is q good plan to open the intes.
tines Of birds killed Tor table use, and