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<blockquote data-quote="Beefy" data-source="post: 28270" data-attributes="member: 57"><p>Flies attempt to feed on beefmasters just the same as any other breed of cattle, they just get flicked off immediately. Brahman cattle have the ability the flick or twitch their skin and this trait is usually transfered to their offspring, and other brahman-influenced crosses. Plus brahman-influenced animals are thicker skinned, so flies and mosquitoes have a tougher time penetrating. And they excrete some kind of chemical or something that acts as a repellent. </p><p></p><p>We usually plan a deworming (pour-on) around fly time and this keeps them off for several weeks. Plus we have a lot of pitcher plants, cattle egrets, bluebirds, martins, swifts, spiders and other natural fly and skeeter predators. </p><p></p><p>Never had much luck with fly tags. Rubs work ok for a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beefy, post: 28270, member: 57"] Flies attempt to feed on beefmasters just the same as any other breed of cattle, they just get flicked off immediately. Brahman cattle have the ability the flick or twitch their skin and this trait is usually transfered to their offspring, and other brahman-influenced crosses. Plus brahman-influenced animals are thicker skinned, so flies and mosquitoes have a tougher time penetrating. And they excrete some kind of chemical or something that acts as a repellent. We usually plan a deworming (pour-on) around fly time and this keeps them off for several weeks. Plus we have a lot of pitcher plants, cattle egrets, bluebirds, martins, swifts, spiders and other natural fly and skeeter predators. Never had much luck with fly tags. Rubs work ok for a while. [/QUOTE]
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