Bred heifers:treating them for flies

[angusheifers5722]

We had a show heifer bred about 2 weeks ago,the flies are really bad around here but we didn't know what would be safe to treat her with that wouldn't hurt the calf?

 

[dun]

Cylene or permethrin and diesel. There are probably topical horse sprays that would also work

dun

 

[ENNOT]

Anything you use to control flies shouldn't hurt the fact that the heifer was bred to weeks ago. It is not going into the blood system. Cylence works good for a couple days/weeks. Anything should be safe.

 

[angusheifers5722]

thanks!!!We found some horse topical treatment called Pyrhana**(sp.???) that works really well !! We spray it on our show heifers 2-3 times a day

 

[milkmaid]

Note that a lot of horse fly sprays are not approved for "food producing animals" - such as cows.