Includes
Chicken body louse (Menacanthus stramineus)
Shaft louse (Menapon gallinae)
Chicken mite (Dermanyssus gallinae)
Northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviaum)
Scaly leg mite (Menapon gallinae)
Management-chemical control
For direct application to chicken, duck, goose, and turkey
- permethrin 0.25% dust (Prozap Insectrin Dust) at 1 lb per 100 birds. Thoroughly treat vent area.
- permethrin spray at 3 oz ai/50 gal water. Spray birds, cages, or nests. Spray 0.5 oz dilute spray per bird or 1 gal dilute, coarse spray per 100 birds. Thoroughly treat vent area.
- tetrachlorvinphos(Ravap EC)-1 gal/50 gal water. Apply 1 gal dilution per 100 birds using high pressure to vent areas. Use 1 oz spray per bird. Use 1 to 2 gal/1,000 sq ft of litter. Treat walls, roosts, cracks, and crevices. Retreatment interval 14 days.
- tetrachlorvinphos (Rabon 50WP) at 0.5% solution. Apply directly to birds using 1 gal spray mixture per 100 birds. Retreatment interval 14 days.
- tetrachlorvinphos 3% dust-For caged birds, apply 0.48 oz ai per 300 birds. Treat dust box at 0.96 oz ai per 100 birds.
For application to litter and housing
- permethrin spray at 4 oz ai/36 gal water. Spray to runoff. Cover feed and water before spraying. Apply 3 oz ai/50 gal when spraying cages.
- ratetrachlorvinphos (Ravap EC) roost paint-1 gal/25 gal water; use 1 gal spray per 100 sq ft of roost area. Apply as brush-on or spray. Use 1 to 2 gal/1,000 sq ft of litter. Treat walls, roosts, cracks, and crevices. Retreatment interval 14 days.
- tetrachlorvinphos (Rabon 50W) spray-50% WP at 4 lb/25 gal water. Paint brush or hand spray 1 pint/100 ft of roost. Stir occasionally and apply thoroughly. May also be dusted; refer to label.
- tetrachlorvinphos 3% dust-Apply to litter at 0.48 oz ai/100 sq ft. For roost paint, make a thick slurry by mixing 1 pint water with 0.48 oz ai dust per 100 linear ft.
For more information
Common Lice and Mites of Poultry: Identification and Treatment (http://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8162.pdf)
Pest Management Recommendations for Poultry. https://extension.psu.edu/pest-management-recommendations-for-poultry