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Litter Mites and their Effects on Poultry(1)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2017

John Brady
John Brady
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Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, England
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Much of ectoparasitic arthropods to the poultry industry, and also of the means for their control (e.g. Furman, 1963; Simco and Lancaster, 1965; Anon. 1969). The same cannot be said, however, of all the non-parasitic arthropods which live in association with poultry, about which almost nothing has been published.

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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , September 1970, pp. 658 - 668
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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Based on a paper presented to a meeting of the U.K. Branch of the W.P.S.A. on 21 March 1969.

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