Guest guest Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Hi Krys, Here is a link to the detailed article you are referring to. It is much easier to read here as a PDF. Hope this can provide some insight. The article was very enlightening. TIm http://www.birdmites.org/resources/1951.pdf > >> > >> > >> From: Krys Brennand < krys109uk@...krys109uk@... > >> Subject: How to diagnose? > >> " bird mites " < bird mites > >> bird mites > >> Date: Monday, May 2, 2011, 1:16 AM > >> > >> > >> > >> It seems to me, if I am to help my mother get rid of her parasites, I need > >> to know how to diagnose precisely what it is she needs to kill. > >> > >> I am familiar with how the bird mites D.gallinae & O.sylvarium are dealt > >> with in poultry houses. I've dealt with O.sylvarium, in poultry, (these > >> being considerably easier to eradicate than D.gallinae). > >> > >> But, since researching, apart from various mites, I've read that there is > >> a possibility of human infestation by some type of Collembola, & Morgellons > >> & have recently read of people being bitten by thrips (which I had, > >> previously, only related to plants). It does not seem likely they would all > >> be removed from the environment in the same way. > >> > >> I am not convinced my mother has a bird mite infestation for the following > >> reasons: She has never found a mite. The bird mites, mentioned above, are > >> visible with the naked eye. Bird mites, at least in chickens, suck blood, > >> but they don't burrow into the skin on chickens (though live chickens have > >> more delicate skin than humans), nor do they leave black fibrous specks or > >> white crystal things. > >> > >> I, also, notice the black specks & white bits seem to be a common tread of > >> infestations. > >> > >> How does one diagnose which parasite? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Krys > >> > >> -- > >> I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, > >> And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, > >> And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, > >> And a grey mist on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaking. > >> I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide > >> Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; > >> And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, > >> And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. > >> I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, > >> To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted > >> knife; > >> And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, > >> And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over. > >> > >> *Sea Fever* - Masefield > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > They shut the road through the woods > > Seventy years ago. > > Weather and rain have undone it again, > > And now you would never know > > There was once a road through the woods > > Before they planted the trees. > > It is underneath the coppice and heath, > > And the thin anemones. > > Only the keeper sees > > That, where the ring-dove broods, > > And the badgers roll at ease, > > There was once a road through the woods. > > > > Yet, if you enter the woods > > Of a summer evening late, > > When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools > > Where the otter whistles his mate. > > (They fear not men in the woods, > > Because they see so few) > > You will hear the beat of a horse's feet, > > And the swish of a skirt in the dew, > > Steadily cantering through > > The misty solitudes, > > As though they perfectly knew > > The old lost road through the woods…. > > But there is no road through the woods. > > * > > The Way Through the Woods* - Rudyard Kipling > > > > > > > > > > -- > They shut the road through the woods > Seventy years ago. > Weather and rain have undone it again, > And now you would never know > There was once a road through the woods > Before they planted the trees. > It is underneath the coppice and heath, > And the thin anemones. > Only the keeper sees > That, where the ring-dove broods, > And the badgers roll at ease, > There was once a road through the woods. > > Yet, if you enter the woods > Of a summer evening late, > When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools > Where the otter whistles his mate. > (They fear not men in the woods, > Because they see so few) > You will hear the beat of a horse's feet, > And the swish of a skirt in the dew, > Steadily cantering through > The misty solitudes, > As though they perfectly knew > The old lost road through the woods…. > But there is no road through the woods. > * > The Way Through the Woods* - Rudyard Kipling > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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