Abstract
EW poultry pathologists are equipped to make specific identification of poultry tapeworms. If species could be determined quickly,the diagnostician could make valuable suggestions to poultrymen in terms of intermediate host control. Wehr5 has reviewed the extensive life history studies which have been completed on the eight common chicken tapeworms. A careful study of the list of intermediate hosts reveals many possible control suggestions after specific identification has been completed. Davainea proglottina calls for slug and snail control. Raillietina echinobothrida and R. tetragona suggest ant control while Amoebotaenia sphenoides is carried by earthworms. Hymenolepis carioca, H. cantaniana and Raillietina cesticillus are largely beetle problems while Choanotaenia infundibulum represents a beetle, housefly or grasshopper problem. Specific identification can assist the diagnostician also in making a flock prognosis since various species range from highly pathogenic to almost harmless parasites. Specific diagnosis has been delayed in the past by the time consuming methods of staining the specimen. Few laboratories are equipped to complete this identification procedure rapidly enough to be of use to poultrymen. Species identification can be achieved rapidly on fresh specimens
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