Evaluations of sampling methods for “Darkling beetles” ( Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the litter of broiler houses

Authors

  • Giane Serafim da Silva Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal
  • Viviane Aparecida Veronez Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal
  • Gilson Pereira de Oliveira Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal
  • Fernando de Almeida Borges Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal
  • Heloísa Cristina da Silva Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal
  • Marcelo Vasconcelos Meireles Universidade estadual Paulista

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2001v22n1p73

Keywords:

Darkling beetles, Alphitobius diaperinus, Litter, Broiler, Traps.

Abstract

The Alphitobius diaperinus has been globally one of the major ectoparasites of the modern poultry production. With the industrial poultry expansion, this coleopteran has found in poultry facilities an excellent habitat for its development. Adults, eggs, larvae and pupae are found under the litter surface, in equipment and in cracks of the floors and walls, where they can cause remarkable damages. The counting of the A. diaperinus population using quantitative methods of sampling is of fundamental importance for the establishment of appropriate control measures and for evaluation of the effectiveness of insecticides. The present study was carried out in the experimental aviary of the “ Center of Researches in Animal health” - CPPAR - FCAVJ/UNESP, where two methods of quantification of A. diaperinus were evaluated: the method of modified traps of Arends and the method of bricks, for counting of A. diaperinus in the chicken little. It was concluded that the two sampling methods employed did not differ (P>0,05) in the evaluation of infestation for adults and larvae of A. diaperinus.

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Giane Serafim da Silva, Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal

CPPAR–Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal, FCAVJ/UNESP, Campus de Jaboticabal.  UNICASTELO – Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco – Campus VIII, Descalvado.

Viviane Aparecida Veronez, Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal

CPPAR–Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal, FCAVJ/UNESP, Campus de Jaboticabal.  UNICASTELO – Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco – Campus VIII, Descalvado.

Gilson Pereira de Oliveira, Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal

CPPAR–Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal, FCAVJ/UNESP, Campus de Jaboticabal.  UNICASTELO – Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco – Campus VIII, Descalvado.

Fernando de Almeida Borges, Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal

CPPAR–Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal, FCAVJ/UNESP, Campus de Jaboticabal.  UNICASTELO – Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco – Campus VIII, Descalvado.

Heloísa Cristina da Silva, Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal

CPPAR–Centro de Pesquisas em Sanidade Animal, FCAVJ/UNESP, Campus de Jaboticabal.  UNICASTELO – Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco – Campus VIII, Descalvado

Marcelo Vasconcelos Meireles, Universidade estadual Paulista

FOA/UNESP - Curso de Medicina Veterinária, Campus de Araçatuba.

Published

2001-08-18

How to Cite

Silva, G. S. da, Veronez, V. A., Oliveira, G. P. de, Borges, F. de A., Silva, H. C. da, & Meireles, M. V. (2001). Evaluations of sampling methods for “Darkling beetles” ( Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the litter of broiler houses. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 22(1), 73–76. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2001v22n1p73

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