Northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum) in Sweden

D.S. Jansson; F. Otman; Lars Lundqvist; J. Höglund; A. Engström; J. Chirico

doi:10.1111/mve.12053

Northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum) in Sweden

D.S. Jansson, F. Otman, Lars Lundqvist, J. Höglund, A. Engström, J. Chirico

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Abstract

Haematophagous mites were collected from the vent region and plumage
of chickens in six hobby flocks of ornamental breeds in Sweden, one of which included turkeys. Soiled vent skin and feathers, dermatitis, hyperkeratosis, skin necroses and ulcers were observed in 12 necropsied birds from two of the flocks. The mites were identified as the northern fowl mite Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae). This was supported by sequence analysis of a 642-bp region in the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene (COI) in mites collected from five flocks, which showed 97–99% sequence similarity to O. sylviarum by blast analysis. Pairwise sequence comparisons revealed nucleotide variations in the range of 0–2.8%, whereas amino acid sequences were highly conserved. This paper represents one of very few records of O. sylviarum in European poultry, and is the first to report
COI sequence data for O. sylviarum from poultry in Europe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	443-446
Journal	Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12053
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Zoology

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Acari
Macronyssidae
Mesostigmata
Ornithonyssus sylviarum
chicken
COI gene
northern fowl mite.

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Northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum) in Sweden

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