Controlling flies not only relieves cattle and livestock producers of an annoyance, but cattle performance and weight can ...

Stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans) are recognised as significant pests in livestock systems worldwide. Their biting activity not only irritates animals, leading to stress and reduced productivity, but ...

Cattle rid their bodies of heat in three ways: radiation, convection and evaporation. “If your cattle can’t use all three methods, they’ll overheat fast,” says University of Missouri Extension state ...

As I travel from sale to sale across the state I see a lot of cattle bunched up trying to fight the flies. And probably in areas, where they have had more rain than we have, I’m sure the flies are ...

Hundreds of millions of flies dropping from planes in the sky might sound like a horrible nightmare, but experts say such a swarm could be the livestock industry’s best defense against a flesh-eating ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -Springtime and recent rains seem to have brought about the horn fly on cattle in our area. The name be misleading as they congregate on cattle without horns. Introduced to the U.S ...

The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has launched a coordinated intervention to curb tsetse fly and other ...

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging ...