Having a growing amount of readily available hosts has led to population blooms of A. persicus. This has led to a greater wealth of resources which could lead to new adaptions in the form of adaptive radiation- in which “organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available” (Biology).
Whereas before the poultry industry had a herd-immunity like system, A. persicus can now take advantage of unmonitored free roaming poultry to gain adaptations. These adaptations could make A. persicus more resilient to classic tickicides and Borellia anserina- the aforementioned causative agent of Avian Spirochetosis- itself to become more dangerous. An example of the commonness of ectoparasites in ‘back yard birds’- and A. persicus in particular- is a 2012-2013 study taken place west of Iran. “Of the total of 600 free-range backyard chickens” (Rezai) “78.66 %”(Rezai) of them were infested with Argas