Control of poultry mites: where do we stand?

摘要: This special issue of Experimental and Applied Acarology is critically arriving at the right time. Since Salmonella vaccination now widespread within poultry industry, it seems new economic, welfare epidemiological problem red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae (also called mite or chicken mite). In 2012 European Commission will ban traditional cage systems to move towards enriched cages more open systems, such as free range barns, which unfortunately could see population rocketing they would be able hide proliferate better under these environments. Like with many blood-feeding arthropods consequences their attacks are multiple: issues birds, becoming anaemic, picking feather, restless aggressing each other; egg production going down, because increased fragility shell; blood staining eggs, usually leading refusal by supermarket corporations; mites reservoirs of—and transmit—several bacterial viral diseases, may also have nasty effects on man. So eradication least control this ectoparasite greatly impact several aspects our communities. However, acaricide products used try controlling shown some limitations, either became resistant (Marangi, Cafiero et al., Roy, Chauve both in issue), withdrawn from national market negative impacts environment a side effect. The costs for prevention globally impressive (Sparagano issue) therefore strategies needed. 14 papers published (prepared 43 co-authors 11 countries) highlighting state-of-art knowledge about ectoparasites, but research initiatives laboratories farms stop proliferating parasite. Colleagues present physical methods (Kilpinen Steenberg), biological based plants (George al.), use predators (Lesna an immunological approach (Wright mixture them (Maurer al.). Owing