Towards an automated camera-based monitoring system for poultry red mite outbreaks KU Leuven
The poultry red mite (PRM), Dermanyssus gallinae, is an important ectoparasite that severely affects hen health, welfare and productivity. This mite represents a major threat to the egg production industry as more than ninety percent of the European farms are infested, causing economic losses of over 130 million euros annually. Monitoring and management of PRM is very difficult in practice, as the PRM tends to hide in cracks and crevices in ...