Controlling Horn Flies, Lice, Grubs and Ticks on Cattle by Chemical Use Floron C. Faries, Jr., DVM, MS Professor and Extension Program Leader for Veterinary Medicine Texas AgriLife Extension Service Texas A&M System
Horn Flies
Horn Fly Allergy
Cattle Lice
Heel Flies – Cattle Grubs
Spinose Ear Ticks (Soft Ticks)
Body and Ear Ticks (Hard Ticks)
Fever Ticks (One Host Ticks) Cattle Horses White-tailed deer, elk, Nilgai, red deer Not sheep, goats, swine, dogs
Tick Stages – Eggs, Larvae, Nymphs, Adults
Permanent Fever Tick Quarantine Zone 200 yards to 6 miles wide 500 miles along Rio Grande Del Rio to Brownsville 8 counties Val Verde Kinney Maverick Webb Zapata Starr Hildalgo Cameron
Temporary Preventive Fever Tick Quarantine Area 2007 Expanded portions of Starr and Zapata counties Small area of Jim Hogg county 2008 Expanded portions of Starr, Zapata, Webb and Maverick counties Small areas of Jim Hogg and Dimmit counties
Hand-Treatment Methods Body Spray Back Pour-on Back Dust SQ Injection Oral Bolus Ear Swab Body Dip
Hand Pressure Sprayer
Shower Pressure Sprayer
Back Pour-on
Ear Swab
Dipping Vat
Self-Treatment Methods Ear Tags Back Rubber Dust Bag Supplement Blocks
Ear Tags
Dust Bags
Supplemental Blocks
Organophosphates Coumaphos Phosmet Fenthion Chlorvinphos Dichlorvos Chloropyrifos Diazinon Ethion Pirimiphos
Pyrethroids Permethrin Fenvalerate Cypermethrin Cyfluthrin Lambdacyhalothrin Zetamethrin Cyhalothrin
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons Methoxychor
Formamidines Amitraz
Macrolides Ivermectin (Ivomec®) Eprinomectin (Eprinex®) Doramectin (Dectomex®) Moxidectin (Cydectin®)
Synergists Piperonyl Butoxide Dicarboxamide MGK 264
Insect Growth Regulators Chlorvinphos Diflubenzuron
READ AND FOLLOW THE LABEL Precautions to prevent poisoning Follow labeled dose Follow labeled interval Follow labeled minimum age Follow labeled animal species