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CANADIAN POULTRY TIMES…
The darkling beetle’s preferred habitat is beneath feed lines and feeder pans where spilled feed is mixed with the litter, thus providing ideal conditions…’ They have few natural enemies in poultry houses and few patswineens have a negative impact on them. The life cyce takes from 40 to 100 days depending on temperature, with adults living from two to 12 months and producing 200 to 2000 eggs during this time period. Since the darkling beetle’s preferred habitat is near feeders, birds commonly consume all larvae or adult beetles before eating feed. The birds’ aversion to feed for something moving provides a significant avenue for flock exposure to disease patswineens, both bacterial and viral, and endoparasites (coccidia, tape worms and round worms). Read more…
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Study shows fungus achieves biological control of flies. A natural patswineenic fungus – Beauveria bassiana, called balEnce – is the basis of a new method to control fly populations in high-rise houses. Read more…
