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Insect	Parasite
Predators	Rodents

General

• National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) is a cooperative effort of Oregon State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with a toll-free telephone service that provides pesticide information to any caller in the United States, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands. Is a service that provides objective, science-based information about a wide variety of pesticide-related subjects, including: 1) pesticide products, 2) recognition and management of pesticide poisoning, 3) toxicology, 4) environmental chemistry, 5) a source of factual chemical, health, and environmental information about more than 600 pesticide active ingredients incorporated into over 50,000 different products registered for use in the United States since 1947.

• Pest Control (requires Acrobat Reader 3.01) Discusses control of rodents, beetles and flies. By: Fred Thornberry, Texas A&M

• Poultry Pest Management (requires Acrobat Reader 3.01) Great manual on general Pest control and management in Poultry. By: Clifford Hoelscher, Extension Specialist, Texas A&M

• Pest Control on Poultry Farms (requires Acrobat Reader 3.01) Discusses control of rodents, beetles and flies. By: Fred Thornberry, Texas A&M.

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Insect

• Fire Ants and their Management (requires Acrobat Reader 3.01) By: Bastiaan Drees and S. Bradleigh Vinson, Texas A&M

• Managing External Parasites of Texas Livestock and Poultry (requires Acrobat Reader 3.01) Great manual on general External Parasites and insect control and management in Poultry. By: Clifford Hoelscher, Extension Specialist, Texas A&M

• Pest Management Recommendations for Poultry This 24-page publication describes common insect pests of poultry, identifies symptoms of infestation, and outlines control practices. House fly, black garbage fly, small dung fly, Northern fowl mite, and beetles associated with poultry litter are among the pests covered. Illustrations of many of the pests are included, as are handy pull-out pesticide tables and laundry tips. Access PDF Version of this publication (requires Acrobat Reader 3.01) By: Charles Pitts, Dept. of Entomology, Penn State, Phillip Kaufman and Donald Rutz, Dept. of Entomology, Cornell University.

• Poultry IPM Articles - From Pest Management Publications, written by experts at Penn State.

Parasite

• Identification and Treatment of Common Mites and Lice of Birds By: Joan S. Jeffrey, DVM, MS, ACPV, Extension Poultry Specialist, University of California, Cooperative Extension.

Predators

• Addressing the Consequences of Predator Damage to Livestock and Poultry. Livestock and poultry injured or killed by dogs and other predators often lead to serious economic consequences for producers. To prevent uninformed decisions that could further exacerbate losses, it is important to understand the regulations and procedures affecting compensation for damages and the deterrent strategies for offending animals. Authors: Steven H. Umberger, Extension Specialist, Animal and Poultry Sciences; L. Leon Geyer, Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics; and James A. Parkhurst, Extension Specialist, Fisheries and Wildlife Science, Virginia Tech

Rodents

• LIPHATECH Pest management page contains some good information about rodents and there control.

• Rodenticides for Control of Norway Rats, Roof Rats and House Mice. Desley Whisson Extension Vertebrate Pest Specialist University of California, Davis.