Control of Poultry Mites (Dermanyssus) [Hardcover]

This book details worldwide research activities at laboratory and farm levels to control poultry red mites. It presents new control methods based on plants, predators or vaccine developments together with updated chemical, physical and managerial approaches.

1. Control of poultry mites: where do we stand?; O. Sparagano.- 2. Prevalence and key figures for the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae infections in poultry farm systems; M.A. Cafiero et al.- 3. Evaluation of the poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae, Acarina: Dermanyssidae) susceptibility to some acaricides in field populations from Italy; A. Giangaspero et al.- 4. Exploration of the susceptibility of AChE from the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Mesostigmata) to organophosphates in field ilosates from France; L. Roy et al. 5. In vitro efficacies of oils, silicas and plant preparations against the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae; V. Maurer et al. 6. Variation in chemical composition and acaricidal activity against Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer) of four different eucalyptus essential oils; D.R. George et al.- 7. Inert dusts and their effects on the poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae); O. Kilpinen, T. Steenberg.- 8. Candidate predators for biological control of the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae; I. Lesna et al.- 9. The testing of antibodies raised against poultry red mite antigens in an in vitro feeding assay; preliminary screen for vaccine candidates; H.W. Wright et al.- 10. The poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae): a potential vector of pathogenic agents; C. Valiente Moro et al.- 11. Endosymbiotic bacteria living inside the poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae); C.J. de Luna et al.- 12. Molecular phylogenetic assessment of host range in five Dermanyssus species; L. Roy et al. 13. Phylogenetic relationship between Dermanyssus gallinae populations in European countries based on mitochondrial COI gene sequences; M. Marangi et al.- 14. Monitoring of DermalCÐ