An improved method for in vitro feeding of adult female Dermanyssus gallinae (poultry red mite) using Baudruche membrane (goldbeater’s skin)

Table 1 Poultry red mite feeding, egg laying and cumulative mortality 144 h after the mites had been fed with hen or goose blood

Test parameter	hen’ blood	Goose blood	P^a
Number of mites feeding	19.0 ± 3.5	19.0 ± 5.5	0.96
Total number of eggs	28.6 ± 7.7	35.3 ± 9.4	0.61
Eggs laid per fed mite	1.56± 0.08	1.87 ± 0.03	0.03
Number of dead adult mites after 144 h	1.00 ± 0.6	1.00 ± 0.6	≥ 0.99

Mean numbers of mites and eggs are shown (n = 3) with standard error of the mean (SEM)
^aUnpaired t test

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