Dermanyssus gallinae (Entrekin & Oliver, 1982)

Qi, Xiaoxiao, Li, Huan, Liu, Xin, Wang, Bohan, Meng, Jiali, Liu, Qi, Sun, Weiwei & Pan, Baoliang, 2023, Location of olfactory organs and architecture of gustatory organs in the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Dermanyssidae), Zoologischer Anzeiger 303, pp. 1-9 : 2

2.1. D. gallinae

The mites were raised in vivo in a feeding system as previously described ( Wang et al., 2018). Briefly a metal cage was put into a plastic storage box. Three 5-day-old chicks were kept in the cage as host animals for mites. The birds were provided with water and fed ad libitum. Traps were made of 10 mL plastic centrifuge tubes and disposable folded breathing masks at the bottom of cage to monitor and recover mites. Petroleum jelly was evenly applied to the edges of the storage box to prevent mites from escaping. The in vivo feeding system was maintained at temperature 30 ◦ C, 75% relative humidity ( RH), with a light intensity of approximately 3600 lux for 12:12 h (L:D) photoperiod. The chicks were housed under a protocol approved by the Laboratory Animal Institute of China Agricultural University within Beijing Animal Use and Care Association (Approval No. AW 03902202-2-9) .