ena-STUDY-Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier-17-07-2017-14:13:21:101-29
Manure-dwelling mesostigmatid mites from layer-farm buildings
The poultry red mite (PRM) Dermanyssus gallinae is a hematophagous mite of economic importance in the poultry industry. Because PRM lives off-host in habitats potentially shared by many micropredators, biocontrol agents have potential to regulate this pest in poultry buildingsof the special micropredatory habits of PRM, biocontrol agents are very likely to efficiently regulate this pest in hen layer buildings. The present pilot study was conducted to obtain a first insight into predatory and parasitoid arthropod communities that naturally occur on layer farms. A morpho-molecular approach was used to characterize the taxonomic composition of manure-dwelling arthropod communities, with a focus on mesostigmatid mites, that naturally occur in French, free-range layer farms.
The poultry red mite (PRM) Dermanyssus gallinae is a hematophagous mite of economic importance in the poultry industry. Because PRM lives off-host in habitats potentially shared by many micropredators, biocontrol agents have potential to regulate this pest in poultry buildingsof the special micropredatory habits of PRM, biocontrol agents are very likely to efficiently regulate this pest in hen layer buildings. The present pilot study was conducted to obtain a first insight into predatory and parasitoid arthropod communities that naturally occur on layer farms. A morpho-molecular approach was used to characterize the taxonomic composition of manure-dwelling arthropod communities, with a focus on mesostigmatid mites, that naturally occur in French, free-range layer farms.