Engormix.com / Poultry Industry / Poultry management

Poultry Parasites: Bed Bugs

Published: February 9, 2022

Summary

The common bed bug (Latin name Cimex lectularius) is part of a group of blood-feeding parasites called Cimicids. The common bed bug was mostly eradicated in North America in the 1960s. Then, in the 1990s, large cities such as New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg saw a rise in bed bug infestations that spread throughout the U.S. and Canada, and worldwide. Bed bugs conti...

Related topics:

#Poultry management

#Parasitic diseases in poultry

#Poultry welfare

Authors: