numerous species of insects have been recorded from various types of manure in commercially reared birds from different parts of the world. this study was carried out to determine parasitic beetle populations in commercial rearing house litter from different regions of the west azerbaijan province in iran. atotal of 60 samples of litter were collected from june 2008 to november 2009 from 20 pou...

The Bacillus cereus group includes eight species: anthracis, B. cereus, cytotoxicus, mycoides, pseudomycoides, thuringiensis, weihenstephanensis and toyonensis, which are highly related at the phylogenetic level. In this work, we performed isolation characterization of a novel sp. strain exhibiting parasporal crystals with insecticidal activity that was initially classified as thuringiensis str...

The poultry pathogen Histomonas meleagridis is transmitted by chicken cecal worms (Heterakis gallinarum) and potentially second order insect vectors paratenic hosts. Darkling beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) are farm pests that infest barns. An outstanding question the degree to which darkling transmit both Heterakis Histomonas. In this study we monitored populations of assessed their positivit...