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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 9364"><p>> The cattle herd is being plagued</p><p>> by flies this year worse than any</p><p>> year in recent memory. Any ideas</p><p>> of what is an effective treatment</p><p>> to get rid of them? Thanks...</p><p></p><p>I use Double Barrel fly tags on my calves...I order them from a livestock catalog or get them from the vet..they are spendy but after using the store bought brands, these are well worth the costs. You have to be extremely careful handling them...they are very toxic..I didn't take precautions and had a reaction to them, I now wear rubber gloves to put them in. They work very well..I don't put them on the cows but the interaction between the cows and the calves give protection to the cows. I also put up a dust bag with Co-ral but find only some of my cattle will use it..some will go to great lengths to avoid going under it, even when put in a spot where they have to go through it...others look like casper the ghost as they like to play with it...good luck on the flies...</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:mrsmac@wmni.net">mrsmac@wmni.net</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 9364"] > The cattle herd is being plagued > by flies this year worse than any > year in recent memory. Any ideas > of what is an effective treatment > to get rid of them? Thanks... I use Double Barrel fly tags on my calves...I order them from a livestock catalog or get them from the vet..they are spendy but after using the store bought brands, these are well worth the costs. You have to be extremely careful handling them...they are very toxic..I didn't take precautions and had a reaction to them, I now wear rubber gloves to put them in. They work very well..I don't put them on the cows but the interaction between the cows and the calves give protection to the cows. I also put up a dust bag with Co-ral but find only some of my cattle will use it..some will go to great lengths to avoid going under it, even when put in a spot where they have to go through it...others look like casper the ghost as they like to play with it...good luck on the flies... [email=mrsmac@wmni.net]mrsmac@wmni.net[/email] [/QUOTE]
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