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The Poultry Red Mite, Dermanyssus gallinae, travels far but not frequently, and takes up permanent residence on farms.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2024
Boulanger L, Planchon C, Taudière A, McCoy K D, Burgess S T G, Nisbet A J, Bartley K, Galliot P, Creach P, Sleeckx N, Roy Lise
Abstract excerpt
Management of Dermanyssus gallinae, a cosmopolitan hematophagous mite responsible for damage in layer poultry farming, is hampered by a lack of knowledge of its spatio-temporal population dynamics. Previous studies have shown that the circulation of this pest between farms is of strictly anthropogenic origin, that a mitochondrial haplogroup has been expanding on European farms since the beginning of the 21st...
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