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Ontario Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (Canada)

Research Projects Summary
FOOD SYSTEMS 2002 - PEST MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PROGRAM

*FS7143 - Evaluation of the Benzoylphenyl Urea, Lufenuron7 for Control of the Northern Fowl Mite, Ornithonyssus Sylviarum

 

RESEARCHER: Dr. Gord Surgeoner, Dept. of Environmental Biology, UofG

FUNDING: $11,748

OBJECTIVES:

1. To determine whether monthly oral doses of Lufenuron7 can control or prevent northern fowl mite infestation of experimentally-infested chickens and whether this product affects hatchability of eggs.

EXPECTED BENEFITS:

1. Successful mite control by treatment of birds with Lufenuron7 will benefit the poultry industry by decreasing (or eliminating) the number of conventional insecticidal applications needed to maintain mite populations below economic threshold levels. Application route in drinking water or feed would provide significant benefit compared to spraying.

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH RESULTS:

The northern fowl mite, Ornithonyssus sylviarum, is the major ectoparasite of poultry flocks in Ontario and North America causing millions of dollars in damage to the industry (est. $2M for Ontario). Traditionally, northern fowl mites have been controlled using a variety of dermally applied acaricides. The efficacy of the experimental systemic acaricide, Fluazuron® (CGA 157419) to control northern fowl mites on chickens was determined. Fluazuron® effectively eliminated mite populations on infested birds when administered at 10 mg active ingredient per kilogram of body weight. Although mite populations declined on birds treated repeatedly with 1 or 3 mg of Fluazuron® per kg of body weight, birds treated at these dosages remained infested. Based on analysis of mite population age structure and percent hatch of deposited eggs, the mode of action of Fluazuron® on mites was unclear. Fluazuron® residues could be measured in adipose up to 123 days following treatment with 10 mg/kg and trace amounts of the drug were consistently observed in breast meat up to 30 days after treatment. Thus unless the legal tolerance for Fluazuron® residues in selected tissues are modified, this product has little chance of registration for control of northern fowl mites, despite its observed efficacy against these ectoparasites.