Butting in here....I'm a cattle(wo)man and I'll say
those ear tags work! We had young heifers that were contracting pinkeye
transmitted by flies. We clipped eartags in their ears and no more
flies.
An interesting side note...starlings will walk up and
down the faces of untagged cows, picking off flies. The cattle seem to
realize the birds are being useful and ignore them completely. It's
humorous to watch our two bulls, lounging around in their summer pasture
after breeding season, chewing their cuds and having the starlings walking
up and down their faces.
Oh, I buy the ear tags with permethrin (not the ones with other stuff
that I do not understand) since I know that is what is in equine fly
spray. A piece of bailing twine (farmer's duct tape) works great to
help hold the tag in the braid.
> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:51:51
-0700 > From: ribbitttreefrog@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: [RC] Sweet
Itch > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I just got back from
a 2-day ride (Klickitat - awesome ride everyone) and my yearling colt appears
to have a case of sweet itch started in his mane. It falls on both sides, but
right now the middle is bald, itchy and wrinkled looking. Any cures out there
that have been tried and true? The no-see-ums are wicked right now, I fly
sprayed him last night to help keep him from getting more bites, but I'd like
to "fix" the bald patch! > > heidi > > >
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