Ornithonyssus sylviarum
Ornithonyssus sylviarum (also known as the northern fowl mite) is a haematophagous ectoparasite of poultry.[1] In both size and appearance, it resembles the red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae.[2]
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| Ornithonyssus sylviarum. Scale 1/10 mm, i. e. animal size is about 0.8 mm. | |
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| Species: | O. sylviarum |
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| Ornithonyssus sylviarum (G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877) | |
References
- Owen JP, Delany ME, Cardona CJ, Bickford AA, Mullens BA (June 2009). "Host inflammatory response governs fitness in an avian ectoparasite, the northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum)". International Journal for Parasitology. 39 (7): 789–799. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.12.008. PMID 19640462.
- Weisbroth, Steven H. (1960). "The Differentiation of Dermanyssus gallinae from Ornithonyssus sylviarum". Avian Diseases. 4 (2): 133–137. doi:10.2307/1587499. JSTOR 1587499.
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