Tick control without pesticides

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Emil Kucera kucera@mbnet.mb.ca
My wife found out that putting Vetrolin (or other "slick-shine" stuff) on the horse's lower legs discourages the tics fairly well, though of course it won't protect him from the airborne detachment. Still, most ticks do come from below.
Regards     Emil
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