Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
FOWLS SHOULD Be FREED
FROM PARASITIC WORMS
Perfect Poultry Hygiene Means Clean
Birds Internally and
Externally.
SOME REMEDIES FOR GApEs
Campaign Involves Medical Treat
ment and Disinfcction OF Prem
iscs-Prcventivc Measures Best in
Dealing With Diseases.
ny u.,ARMsTRoNG ROBERTS.


is one that is free from parasites, both
internal and external. External para
sites are familiar To all. They consist
mainly of lice and mites. Ways to COM
bat them have been described in these
columns recently. The practical paul
tryman cannot afford TO tolerate YER
min. and there is little excuse for its
existence. a lousy hen or mite
infested building is the result of
neglect.
Internal parasites are not so common
as lice and mites therefore not SO much
is known about them: in fact, it is
doubtful il one poultry raiser in ten is
aware OF their existence. Nevertheless,
they are all too prevalent. and they are
just as destructive as the external
varieties.
These internal parasites are worms,
which may be divided into two groups
first. those which find their way into
the .trachca or windpipe. which are
represented by the pageworm; second.
intestinal worms. which live in the
crop, stomach and intcstines. and
either cause serious disease or SO af-
feet the nutrition that their victims
become weak, anemic and unproductive-
Numerous instances of anemia, liver
troubles. indigestion, diarrhoea. general
physical debility and other complaints.
due supposedly to lack of vgor in the
breeding stock, have been traced TO
worms within the birds body. In fact.
il has been said that the strictly para
site forms OF life that affect poultry
worms play the leading role. am not
prepared to agree that worms work
more harm than lice and mites. but L
do know that they are responsible Tor
n great deal of damage, and that In
sufficient attention is paid to means OIL
Graduating them. especially since they
are comparatively easy TO control. much
easier than external parasites.
KINDS OF INTESTINAL. WORMS
FOUND IN FOWL
There are two principal kinds of in
testinal worms. round worms and rib
bon-shaped worms, commonly called
tapeworms. The commonplace idea
that the latter actually consume food
is all wrong; they do not If we cX
anime them under a microscope We find
that they have no mouth or intestinal
tract at all. They are a very low
order of life, and attach themselves
to the intestinal lining by means of a
hooklike appendage. Thus. free to
come in contact with the discsted
nutrients in the intcstines, they absorb
these elements. much rs the intestincs
absorb food. Therefore, il might be
said that the fowl is robbed of so
becomes cmaciatcd and unthrifty.
Young chickens are most severely at
fcctcd
The tapcworm consists OF scgments.
each OF which is a complete organism,
so TO speak. 1t ahsorbs its own food,
develops its own eggs, and later sepa-
rates itself from the other segments
and is passed out TO the soil, which ii
innoculatcS.
In each segment there are hundreds
of eggs These are scattered on the
ground. among the foodstuffs OF the
fowls and in their drinking water. only
10 be picked up by other birds, which
are then contaminated. Also il has
been discovered that flies devour these
eggs. and that the eggs are Matched
within the ny. or course, chickens
cat flies. therefore they take over tho
incipicnt worms as we'll. Thus one in
tested bird may soon infect AN entire
flock.
Worm eggs arc resistcnt to dryness.
Ordinarily they do not hatch until
taken into the ailmentary canal OF tho
next fowl. although there is some evil
dencc that eggs hatch In the drOppinGs
under certain favorable conditions. 1T
is apparent, then, that campaign to
eradicate worms involves both treat
mcnt Of the fowl in order to eXpcl
the pests. and disinfcctioh and sani-
tation OF the coops and yards to prevent
rentection
Numerous remedies are used to dis
lodge worms, and for best results they
should he administered when the birds
are fasting. Give the flock a light
feeding at night. and the following
morning give Thorn Inc yer,nifuc
several hours ,o,cr thcv sbould hc
won a nnrr.,ivc e,,,b nc rnsor, .,,,s
r ca.,or o,l ia ,,,, :;
,ourIc,n
Among Tho mos. co,,por,v -,con,
,ncndod rcnicdioe ana ono nf ~. oosi..t
10 administer is nowdcrrd noncrr,natf
roo, bark ,r,c doec is onn ,c,snoonfn,
FOR each FORTY fowls Given in q We,
mash Another rcli,hIa ,roatrcn,. !,
oil or wormsccd fJcrusalcm oak) MIN
a tcaspoonful Of ,bc oil in n r,ni., p,,sr
for every lively. birds In botI, ,rn,,
ncnts the ,,urnatiyn il ,i,cu , ,.,.
hours after the vermicidc
Turpentinc is son,c,i,nos roco,,
rncndcd Co.. indivjdu,I ,,nr.,,,,, In
while in some c.,s.g :, q, ,,,I' gu,
ccssful. in otbcrs i, is nr,,,i,.II,. ,.,I,,o.
less. Moreover fowls b,yc nn,,, !, -.
10 die from, tho cffec,y nf -. ,r.,,
An canal ouarti,v or olfr. al, 49,,
he miHed vim thn t,,rr,,.;., ''
from twenty 10 thirty drons -, ~,
mixture given as a ansc NJ. -, 80
lowed in !, courlc ~ i,,.,,r. ,,t.,