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Al NEWS . . . r . . . . b Cooperative i University of California and 733 COUNTY CENTER III COURT U.S. Department of Agriculture MODESTO, CA 95355 Cooperating 525-6654 October, 1992 By Syed Bokhari News Release Poultry Farm Advisor . Stanislaus County BLUEBUG OR FOWL TICK The fowl tick, also called the bluebag or chicken tick, injures poultry by sucking blood. It prefers chickens, but it also attacks other poultry. The fowl tick can be controlled by following good sanitation practices, and by spraying with insecticides. NATURE OF INJURY The blood sucking of fowl ticks causes poultry to be unthrifty, to lose weight, and to lay fewer eggs. Heavy infestations of ticks sometimes kill fowls and often cause setting hens to desert their nests. Chickens infested with ticks show .weakness in the legs, droopiness of the wings, and loss of appetite; they have pale combs and wattles. HOW FOWL TICKS DEVELOP Fowl ticks lay brownish, spherical eggs in cracks and rough places of poultry houses or roosting areas. In warm weather, the eggs hatch in about two weeks; in cool weather they hatch in two or three months. MORE. e s The University of California,in compliance with Titles VI and V11 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.Sections 503 and 504 or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975,does not discriminate on the basis or race,religion,color,national origin,sex,mental or physical handicap,or age in any of its programs or activities.or with respect to any of its employment politics,practices,or procedures.Nor does the University of California discriminate on the basis of ancestry.sexual orientation.marital status,citizenship,medical condition(as defined in Section 12926 or the California Government Code)or because individuals are special disabled veterans or Vietnam era veterans(as defined by the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974 and Section 12940 of the California Government Code).Inquiries reggarding Ihis polky troy be addressed to the Affirmative Action Director, University of California,Agriculture and Natural Resources,300 Lakeside Drive,6th Floor.Oakland,CA 94612.3560.(41S)987 0097.