Poultry Red Mite
day in cracks and crevices, nests, cribs and roosts, egg conveyor belts, cardboard boxes and transportation cages. They can occasionally be found in clusters [...] operations, it is directly responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in egg industry losses every year. Despite its common names, Dermanyssus gallinae [...] wide range of hosts, including mammals. Infestation rates are often higher in less intensive farming systems, such as barns, free-range and organic farming