5 Easy Fly Control Steps:
The main keys to prevent flies from around your barn is to keep the stalls and general areas clean and dry. If you make the environment uninviting as possible, they will look for other areas to live and breed. Flies live to breed and have a life cycle of only 25 days, so any disruption to that life cycle will benefit all club members and especially the horses.
1. Keep the barn clean. Remove manure daily, moist manure is the flies first stop for egg laying. Clean up spilled hay and cubes immediately and store all food in sealed containers.
2. Keep food off the ground. Since food can become moist when on the ground, it is best to keep hay and grain in a feeder rather feeding off the ground. This will keep flies from laying eggs in the feed and the horse from digesting the bot eggs.
3. Keep up with standing water. Standing water is very attractive to flies, so prevent any water from becoming stagnant in or around your barn.
4. Remove any trash from around the barn area and keep all trash in a sealed can. Trash like manure is another perfect medium for the female egg layer.
5. Air circulation and ventilation is essential in keeping your barn dry and uninviting to flying intruders. With the trade winds blowing this should be and easy step.

Pinworm Control:
The pinworm problem of October 21st 2003 reminds us all of the basic steps in
internal parasite control and prevention:
1. Continued cleaning of stables, paddocks, tack rooms, and general areas.
2. Avoiding feeding hay on the ground.
3. Avoiding overcrowding of pastures.
4. Keep manure dumps away from horses
5. Have a deworming program
6. Use the correct deworming drugs at the correct time and correct dosage
7. Rotate the correct deworming drugs to prevent development of parasite resistance
8. Maintain drug and deworming record keeping.
|