Low Lice Prevalence in On-Cage Laying Hen Free of Treatment, Under Sub-humid Tropical Condition

V. H. González-Alvarez, L. A. Bracamontes-Guzmán, J. Herrera-Pérez, J. A. Martínez-Aispuro and M. A. Ayala-Monter

Journal of Agricultural Science, 2025, vol. 17, issue 2, 23

Abstract: Egg production, in response to animal welfare concerns has shifted towards the use of open environments and there has been increasing interest in egg production systems with access to pasture. However, ectoparasite infestation is one of the main health problems affecting poultry. The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence of ectoparasite species (lice) in cage-free ISA Brown laying hens in a tropical sub-humid environment. Ninety hens of 45 weeks of age and an average weight of 1,850 g were inspected, of which 44 were found to be positive for a prevalence of about 50%. According to the taxonomic keys used, the specimens were identified as the louse Menacanthus stramineus. A low prevalence of lice in free of cage hens without ectoparasiticide treatment, was observed. Future studies are suggested to compare prevalences in other production units, as well as to evaluate possible clinicopathological conditions and their repercussions on the productive performance of the birds.

Date: 2025
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jas/article/download/0/0/51157/55525 (application/pdf)
https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jas/article/view/0/51157 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ibn:jasjnl:v:17:y:2025:i:2:p:23

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Agricultural Science from Canadian Center of Science and Education Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Canadian Center of Science and Education ().