For control, affected birds should be culled or isolated, and houses should be cleaned and sprayed frequently, as recommended for the poultry red mite Poultry Red Mite (Red Mite, Roost Mite, Poultry Mite) The most economically important of the many external parasites of poultry are mites of the families Dermanyssidae and Macronyssidae (poultry red mite, northern fowl mite, and tropical fowl mite)... read more . Individual birds should be treated with oral or topical ivermectin or moxidectin (0.2 mg/kg), 10% sulphur solution, or 0.5% sodium fluoride.