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Breeding for insect resistance?
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<blockquote data-quote="Idaman" data-source="post: 782742" data-attributes="member: 14119"><p>Since in the past we have been spraying for flies and each time we spray and from year to year there seem to be fewer flies we are probably breaking the life cycle enough to lower the overall numbers. Sooo if we seclect replacement cattle with lower insect loads then the same senario of life cycle interruption should apply.</p><p></p><p>We once had a ranch that was just loaded with coccidiosis. So much so that the calves coming in in the fall would have it while still sucking. We started feeding Bovatech and broke the life cycle of the coccidiosis and the problem disappeared in a few years.</p><p></p><p>So you have a two fold attack to lower the insect count on the animals helped by lower population densities from breaking the life cycle and lowering the over all load of insects on the premises.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Idaman, post: 782742, member: 14119"] Since in the past we have been spraying for flies and each time we spray and from year to year there seem to be fewer flies we are probably breaking the life cycle enough to lower the overall numbers. Sooo if we seclect replacement cattle with lower insect loads then the same senario of life cycle interruption should apply. We once had a ranch that was just loaded with coccidiosis. So much so that the calves coming in in the fall would have it while still sucking. We started feeding Bovatech and broke the life cycle of the coccidiosis and the problem disappeared in a few years. So you have a two fold attack to lower the insect count on the animals helped by lower population densities from breaking the life cycle and lowering the over all load of insects on the premises. [/QUOTE]
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