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House Fly

Dairy Cattle

Silage & Hay

Dairy cattle, like beef cattle, are provided with silage, and the same types of silage storage systems are used.
 

The silage spillage and margins of horizontal silos or piled silage provide fly breeding habitats.
 

Large quantities of stored bales of hay and silage provide opportunities for fly breeding.
 

 
 

Feed bunker beneath which accumulated wet manure and spilled feed may support fly breeding.
Feed bunker under which wet manure & spilled feed may support fly breeding.
 
Old feed in corner of feed bunker where fly breeding may occur.
Old feed in corner of feed bunker where fly breeding may occur.
 
Spilled feed and manure at base of silo where fly breeding may occur.
Spilled feed and manure at base of silo where fly breeding may occur.

 

Moist hay around hay rack feeder.
Moist hay around hay rack feeder.
 
Piled silage and water tank adjacent to dairy lot.
Piled silage and water tank adjacent to dairy lot.
 
Hay left on ground for feeding.
Hay left on ground for feeding.
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Anti-Fly Products
Agita, Spy, Oxyfly, Neporex, Larvadex
  Integrated fly control means using a two-pronged attack on flies: larvicides to prevent fly larvae developing into adults, and adulticides to kill adult flies.  
Larvicides
Piled Silage
Margin of piled silage and runoff area suitable for fly breeding.

Margin of piled silage and runoff area suitable for fly breeding.