Cattle fly control using controlled-release insecticides.
Field trials were carried out from 1980 to 1984 on the use of a controlled-release pesticidal fly control technique on farms in Sussex, England, with a recurrent infectious keratoconjunctivitis problem related to fly attack. Pesticide impregnated p.v.c. ear-tags provided control of biting and disease-carrying fly species throughout the season. Over 90% control of flies, compared with untreated herds, was attained using 2 tags impregnated with cypermethrin, fenvalerate or flucythrinate, although control using a single tag was unsatisfactory. In all cases infectious keratoconjunctivitis was almost completely eliminated.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000469:parasitology*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004175:Diptera; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D007306:Insecticides; D007639:Keratoconjunctivitis, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control; D009570:Nitriles; D010648:Phenylacetates; D011722:Pyrethrins
D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D007306:Insecticides; D009570:Nitriles; D010648:Phenylacetates; D011722:Pyrethrins; C017160:cypermethrin; C027975:flucythrinate; C017690:fenvalerate