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The blood-sucking mites Dermanyssus gallinae (“red mite”), Ornithonyssus sylviarum (“northern fowl and bursa (”tropical mite”) stand out for causing infestations in commercial poultry farms worldwide, resulting significant economic damage producers. In addition to changes production systems that include new concerns animal welfare, global climate change recent years has become a major challenge...

Abstract Background The blood feeding poultry red mite (PRM), Dermanyssus gallinae , causes substantial economic damage to the egg laying industry worldwide, and is a serious welfare concern for hens house workers. In this study we have investigated temporal gene expression across 6 stages/sexes (egg, larvae, protonymph deutonymph, adult male female) of neglected parasite in order understand as...

A 40-year old woman patient who presented at the Dumlupinar University Faculty of Medicine Hospital reported intensified itching on her body during evening hours. During her physical examination, puritic dermatitis lesions were found on the patient's shoulders, neck and arms in particular, and systemic examination and laboratory tests were found to be normal. The patient's story showed that sim...

The red mite of poultry, Dremanyssus gallinae, is the most important hematophagous ectoparasite of poultry. In this study, pathologic changes of its biting on the poultry skin have been investigated. Thirty-two (Control = 16 and Treatment = 16) four weeks old Ross broilers (308) were infested with the mite on skin of hock joins. Samples were collected after 1, 24, 72 hours and 10 days. The skin...