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RFI: - ?bird lice on humans

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Subject: RFI: - ?bird lice on humans
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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:03:55 +1000
Thanks, Ralph, Trevor, Andrew, Anthea, et al, for your help. News from the occupants of the verandah where the bird-lice/mites are is as follows: A procedure began very successfully of surface spraying the area; also, a garden insect-spray was used on the pot-plants where the parent birds & nestlings had been; and personal insect repellant was sprayed on the skin of the humans! This worked a treat for some time. However, as these precautions have worn off - with everyone expecting the little mites to have gone wherever little mites go, or to have died off - it's now clear, apparently, that whenever a human sits in the area they will become re-infested. It would seem that the spraying procedure needs to go on for some further time. More advanced action is still in the offing.

Cheers.
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Judith L-A
S-E Qld
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