Poultry Red Mite
poultry red mite, chicken mite or roost mite, is a major pest of fowl, pigeons, and other caged birds worldwide. A parasite especially common to poultry breeding [...] Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis viruses; avian influenza A virus; fowl pox virus) as well as bacterial infections ( Escherichia coli , Erysipelothrix [...] can parasitize a wide range of hosts, including mammals. Infestation rates are often higher in less intensive farming systems, such as barns, free-range