Haematophagous mites on poultry farms in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Abstract

Haematophagous ectoparasites of poultry, such as Ornithonyssus sylviarum, northern fowl mites (NFMs), Dermanyssus gallinae , poultry red mites (PRMs), and Ornithonyssus bursa , tropical fowl mites (TFMs) are prevalent worldwide. Although poultry farming is a major industry in Southeast Asia, there are only a few reports concerning the prevalence of avian mites in this region. In this study, we sampled twenty farms in four major poultry farming areas in Myanmar. We detected the mites on six farms, and they showed morphological similarities to NFMs and TFMs. The nucleotide sequences of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I indicated that some mites were NFMs. This is the first report confirming the presence of NFMs and TFMs among the hematophagous mites infesting chickens on Myanmar poultry farms.

Case Report: Human Dermatitis Linked to Ornithonyssus bursa (Dermanyssoidea: Macronyssidae) Infestation in Portugal

“…O. bursa, the least studied of these mites, is considered to be almost entirely restricted to warm and tropical regions. Its presence has been reported in domestic fowl and wild birds in several countries in South America, Africa, Australia, and Asia and islands of the Caribbean Sea, Indian, and Pacific Ocean (6,(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31). In Europe, its avian hosts include swallows in Denmark (32), rock pigeons and monk parakeets in Spain (33) and backyard chickens in the Madeira Island, Portugal (34).…”

Ectoparasites Associated with Desert Raven Corvus ruficollis, Lesson, 1831 at the Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

“…Nomenclature of brown necked raven according to Gill et al (2022). Ectoparasites identification depended upon; Price et al (2003) in lice identification, Hutson (1984) in Hippoboscidae identification, Zumpt (1965) in larvae of Diptera identification, Pfaffle et al (2017) in ticks identification, Takehara et al (2019) and Bhowmick et al (2019) in the identification of Ornithonyssus bursa and others; Bequaert (1954), Clay (1958), Price and Beer (1963), Nelson and Price (1965), Clayton (1990)…”

Parasitic Mite Fauna in Asian Poultry Farming Systems

“…They are known to be prevalent in temperate and tropical regions, respectively. In Myanmar, four out of five premises were inhabited by either NFM or TFM (21). Interestingly, no PRM was isolated from any of the farms (21).…”

“…In Myanmar, four out of five premises were inhabited by either NFM or TFM (21). Interestingly, no PRM was isolated from any of the farms (21). In China, NFM was more frequently identified in breeders (46.9%) than in commercial layer hens (22.7%) (13).…”

“…Of 50 countries or regions in Asia as defined by the United Nations (9), studies on poultry mites were conducted in 10 countries; including Russia (10-12), China (13,14), Japan (15)(16)(17)(18)(19), Malaysia (20), Myanmar (21), Iran (22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28), India (29,30), Pakistan (31)(32)(33)(34), Vietnam (35), and Saudi Arabia (36). The poultry mite fauna comprises four orders: mesostigmata, sarcoptiformes, acariformes, and trombidiformes.…”