The evaluation of feeding, mortality and oviposition of poultry red mite ( <i>Dermanyssus gallinae</i>) on aging hens using a high welfare on-hen feeding device.

Discussion This study demonstrated that, while feeding rates of adult females were significantly higher than those of nymphal stages, there was no evidence of a decreasing trend in feeding rates of any life stage associated with hen age, with only punctual significant deviations.

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