Laboratory and Field Tests to Compare the Effectiveness of Organophosphorous, Carbamate, and Synthetic Pyrethroid Acaricides Against Northern Fowl Mites1

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By using a laboratory technique, carbaryl was found to be the acaricide most toxic to Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Canestrini and Fanzago) of those materials currently registered in Virginia for this purpose. Ectiban™ permethrin (3-phenoxybenzyl-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethyleyelopropane carboxylate) and SD-43775 (cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)-methyl-4-chloro-alpha-(l-methylethyl)-benzeneacetate) produced effective northern fowl mite control when applied to poultry at rates commensurate with and lower than those currently recommended for most organophosphorous materials. Synthetic pyrethroid acaricides may become important in future poultry pest management programs. Northern fowl mites collected from commercial poultry quarters in Virginia displayed tolerance to malathion when tested via laboratory techniques. It is believed that this represents the initial report of malathion tolerance by this species in the eastern U.S.

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