Abstract:
1. The domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) in Natal suffers heavily from verminous infestations.
2. Six species of nematodes and nine species of cestodes have been collected from the digestive tract of the fowl.
3. Three species of nematodes and two species of cestodes have been collected from the digestive tract of the domestic pigeon, which may succumb to heavy infestations.
4. D. crassula (Rud., 1819) Fuhrmann has armed suckers.
5. Chickens may he infected with A. sphenoides by feeding infected earthworms to them.
6. Agriolimas aegrestis is a local intermediate host of D. proglotina.
