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Table 2 Comparison between numbers of adult female poultry red mites feeding, egg laying, eggs laid per fed mite and mortality using goose blood as a food source and either Parafilm™ M, Baudruche membrane or a combination of either with an overlaid polyester mesh

From: An improved method for in vitro feeding of adult female Dermanyssus gallinae (poultry red mite) using Baudruche membrane (goldbeater’s skin)

Test parameter

Parafilm M membranea

Baudruche membrane

Parafilm M membrane + mesh

Baudruche membrane + mesh

Number of mites feeding

16.0 ± 3.6

25.8 ± 4.2

17.5 ± 3.9

13.2 ± 2.7

Total number of eggs laid

16.8 ± 3.7

33.7 ± 5.8

20.5 ± 3.9

17.1 ± 3.8

Eggs/ fed mite

0.87 ± 0.3

1.22 ± 0.04

1.21 ± 0.1

1.27 ± 0.07

Number of dead adult mites after 144 h

0.4 ± 0.24

1.3 ± 0.6

0.7 ± 0.21

0.3 ± 0.21

  1. Mean values are shown with SEM. n = 6 except where stated otherwise
  2. an = 5 due to failure of one device, which led to zero feeding
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Parasites & Vectors

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