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Mosquito Dunk Danger?

Has there been any research on the safety of using “BTi mosquito dunks” in horse water troughs and buckets?

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Flies Be Gone

The size of a football, each trap catches up to 20,000 flies. The easy-to-use device is disposable and requires no maintenance. Each unit comes complete with a protein-based natural fly food called Ultra Biomass.

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Readers Respond: That Ticks Me Off!

More than 1,700 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do you have problems with ticks on your horse(s)?”


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Groom Carefully as Tick Season Fires Up

Everyone wants their horses to be healthy. Ticks are carriers of Lyme disease, for which there is no currently licensed equine vaccine available. Pay careful attention to your horses and monitor them for ticks. Lyme disease can also occur in humans,

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MRLS: Caterpillar Population Up Sharply from 2007

Experts with the University of Kentucky (UK) report that Eastern tent caterpillars are now wandering in the area, and population levels are among the highest they’ve seen since the 2001, when mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) hit Central

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Natural Fly Management

Control flies around your barn with tiny wasps that reduce fly populations, but don’t sting horses or humans

Controlling the flies around you and your horses is very important, not just because of the irritating bites, but

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Face Flies Linked to Sarcoid Spread?

A U.K. veterinarian has possibly linked common face flies to the spread of sarcoids, one of the most commonly encountered equine neoplasias (tumors), and it is conceivable that the risk of spreading sarcoids could be minimized through horse

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Wound TLC

Proper and prompt care for each type of wound can make a difference in healing.

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Summertime Skin Problems

Summertime has a tendency to bring sunshine, heat, humidity, and insects to a horse barn. These three things can be hard on a horse’s skin, and can lead to the development of several common issues.

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