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Mite bombs or robber lures? The roles of drifting and robbing in Varroa destructor transmission from collapsing honey bee colonies to their neighbors.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
When honey bee colonies collapse from high infestations of Varroa mites, neighboring colonies often experience surges in their mite populations. Collapsing colonies, often called "mite bombs", seem to pass their mites to neighboring colonies.
David Thomas Peck, Thomas Dyer Seeley
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Cnemidocoptic Mite Infestations in Wild Birds [PDF]

open access: yesBulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association, 1966
During 1965 many wild birds were examined for the lesions of “scaly leg” disease, caused by mites of the genus Cnemidocoptes. Mite infestation was found in redwinged blackbirds (Agelaius phocnicus), common grackles (Quiscalus versicolor), cowbirds (Molothrus ater) and in two new hosts for the mite, a black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus) and a ...
P. Kirmse
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Deep Learning Beehive Monitoring System for Early Detection of the Varroa Mite

open access: yesSignals, 2022
One of the most critical causes of colony collapse disorder in beekeeping is caused by the Varroa mite. This paper presents an embedded camera module supported by a deep learning algorithm for the process of early detecting of Varroa infestations.
George Voudiotis   +2 more
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Effectiveness of Various Acaricides in the Treatment of Naturally Occurring Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Northern Fowl Mite) Infestations of Chickens

open access: hybrid, 2005
SUMMARY Northern fowl mite infestation of caged layers, and to a lesser degree breeding birds, remains a frequent occurrence in poultry production. Successful control of these infestations requires accurate monitoring of mite presence, adequate methods ...
T. A. Yazwinski   +7 more
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Monitoring the Bud Mite Pest in a Hazelnut Orchard of Central Italy: Do Plant Height and Irrigation Influence the Infestation Level?

open access: yesAgronomy, 2022
Mite pests are a serious threat for hazelnut cultivations, causing economic losses every year. At least two species of big bud mites, Phytoptus avellanae (Acari: Phytoptidae) and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis (Acari: Eriophyidae), are involved in severe ...
Mario Contarini   +4 more
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Efficacy and safety of afoxolaner (NexGard®) in a collection of captive-bred lizards for the treatment and control of mite infestation [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Lizards and other reptiles are increasingly gaining popularity as pets worldwide. These animals may be commonly parasitized by species of mites such as Ophionyssus natricis, which are deleterious, also because of their role as vectors of pathogens ...
Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan   +9 more
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Poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) infestation: a broad impact parasitological disease that still remains a significant challenge for the egg-laying industry in Europe

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2017
The poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae, has been described for decades as a threat to the egg production industry, posing serious animal health and welfare concerns, adversely affecting productivity, and impacting public health.
Annie Sigognault Flochlay   +2 more
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A Comparison of Analytical Approaches for the Spectral Discrimination and Characterisation of Mite Infestations on Banana Plants

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
This research investigates the capability of field-based spectroscopy (350–2500 nm) for discriminating banana plants (Cavendish subgroup Williams) infested with spider mites from those unaffected.
Aaron Aeberli   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acute prurigo simplex in humans caused by pigeon lice [PDF]

open access: yesAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2018
: Pigeon lice are insects that feed on feathers of these birds; their life cycle includes egg, nymph and adult and they may cause dermatoses in humans. Four persons of the same family, living in an urban area, presented with widespread intensely pruritic
Hamilton Ometto Stolf   +3 more
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