Laboratory screening of potential predators of the poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) and assessment of Hypoaspis miles performance under varying biotic and abiotic conditions

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 341-344

  Ali, W ^a   George, D R ^b   Shiel, R S ^a   Sparagano, O A E ^a,c   Guy, J H ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dermanyssus gallinae; Hypoaspis miles; Poultry; Predator

Indexed keywords

AMMBLYSEIUS DEGENERANS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; HYPOASPIS ACULEIFER; HYPOASPIS MILES; NONHUMAN; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; POULTRY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SCREENING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POULTRY DISEASES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS DEGENERANS; DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE; HYPOASPIS; HYPOASPIS ACULEIFER; HYPOASPIS MILES; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS;

EID: 84860661797     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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