Abstract of Dissertation Presented to the Graduate 

 Council of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of 

 the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy 



THE EVALUATION OF POULTRY PEST MANAGEMENT 

 TECHNIQUES IN FLORIDA POULTRY HOUSES 



By 



Jerome Adkins Hogsette, Jr. 



December, 1973 



Chairman: Dr. J. F. Butler 



Major Department: Entomology and Nematology 



The house fly, Musca domestica (L.), and the northern fowl mite, 

 Ornithonyssus syZviavvm (C.S F.), are the two major arthropod pests 

 associated with the poultry industry in Florida. Presented is a system 

 whereby various control techniques for these pests have been evaluated. 

 Techniques were diviaed into two main areas: house fly control, based 

 mainly on manure management for control of immature fly populations, 

 and northern fowl mite control, based on evaluation of acaricides for 

 control of mite populations on chickens. 



Rotovation, a method of tilling and aerating manure for house fly 

 control, was evaluated as a technique for drying and composting manure 



in situ. Drying was enhanced by tilling wood chips and an insect growth 



TM\ 

 regulator (CGA 72662 ' ) into wet manure areas. When CGA 72662 was 



applied topically, fly larval control was seen for 35 days with a 



single application. Commercially labeled organophosphorus larvicides 



lasted only 2 weeks. LC 5 bioassay of CGA 72662 for house fly larvae 



was 0.45 ppm. 



Methoprerte and dimtlin were evaluated as oral larvicides, but gave 



poor field results. When 20 pom of CGA 72662 were added to the 



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