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Liponyssus sylviarum Injuring Poultry in this Country

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

E. L. Taylor
Affiliation:
Veterinary Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Extract

This mite was reported by Hirst in 1923 to be causing damage to poultry in Bedfordshire. He states that, although it had previously been found in pigeons, it had not before been recorded as a pest of fowls in this country. In the United States of America it has frequently occurred, and is regarded as a dangerous parasite, but Hirst's record seems to be the only one of its occurrence as a pest in the British Isles.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1930

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References

Cutright, C. R. (1929). A valuable aid in the control of the feather mite Liponyssus sylviarum. J. Econom. Entomol. 22, 422.Google Scholar
Hirst, Stanley (1923). On some new or little-known species of Acari. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 975.Google Scholar