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Treatment with a neem seed extract (MiteStop®) of beetle larvae parasitizing the plumage of poultry

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Beetles of the species Alphitobius diaperinus, Dermestes bicolor, and Dermestes lardarius may transmit severe agents of diseases on poultry and may in addition harm as larvae the skin and feathers thus leading to severe economic losses. The present study deals with a control measurement using a neem seed extract (MiteStop®) being diluted with tap water. It was shown that spraying of a 1:33 dilution kills both larvae and adults of these part-time parasites as was previously shown for other parasites such as mites, ticks, and blood sucking or biting insects.

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Hereby, we gratefully acknowledge the support by the Center of Excellence of the College of Science of the King Saud University at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Department of Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Volker Walldorf & Heinz Mehlhorn

  2. Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Saleh Al-Quraishy & Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

  3. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Fathy Abdel-Ghaffar

  4. C. and O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Julia Mehlhorn

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Walldorf, V., Mehlhorn, H., Al-Quraishy, S. et al. Treatment with a neem seed extract (MiteStop®) of beetle larvae parasitizing the plumage of poultry. Parasitol Res 110, 623–627 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2535-9

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