Title: | "Identification of guanine and hematin as arrestment pheromones of poultry red mites, Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Dermanyssidae) and their application in mite control" |
Author(s): | Qi X; Li H; Wang B; Meng J; Wang X; Sun W; Pan B; |
Address: | "College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100193, China. College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100193, China. Electronic address: sunweiwei@cau.edu.cn. College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100193, China. Electronic address: baoliang@cau.edu.cn" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2022.109843 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-2550 (Electronic) 0304-4017 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Dermanyssus gallinae, also known as the poultry red mite (PRM), is one of widespread ectoparasite in the poultry industry worldwide, causing direct and indirect detriments to poultry as well as substantial financial losses. Novel control methods are urgently needed to improve the current acaricide-based control of D. gallinae. The control approach based on arrestment pheromone is environment-friendly but the related research is limited in PRMs. In the present study we found two compounds from the mite feces acting as arrestment pheromones of D. gallinae, which could lead to mite arrestment upon contact. One is guanine, which was also found in unfed female mites' acid-saline extract. The other is hematin. Moreover, it was found that the ferric ion of hematin played a pivotal role in stimulating the arrestment of mites. Finally, it was found the combination of guanine or/and hematin plus cypermethrin led to significantly improved mite-killing performance compared with cypermethrin, showing a promising potential of novel control method based on the arrestment pheromone" |
Keywords: | Female Animals Hemin Poultry Tick Control Pheromones/pharmacology Guanine Chickens/parasitology *Mites *Trombiculidae *Poultry Diseases/prevention & control/parasitology *Mite Infestations/prevention & control/veterinary Dermanyssus gallinae Ferric chlori; |
Notes: | "MedlineQi, Xiaoxiao Li, Huan Wang, Bohan Meng, Jiali Wang, Xu Sun, Weiwei Pan, Baoliang eng Netherlands 2022/11/30 Vet Parasitol. 2023 Jan; 313:109843. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2022.109843. Epub 2022 Nov 24" |