Fly Worry

Musca spp.

Pathogenesis

  • Production losses
    • Reduced weight gain
    • Reduced milk yield
    • Fly worry
  • Feeds on secretions from the eyes, nose and mouth as well as blood left in wounds by other flies


Control

  • Fly control in breeding and resting sites (to reduce the source)
    • Breeding sites
      • Good sanitation
      • Collect dung in heaps
      • Spray surface of heaps with insecticide to kill surviving adults and larvae
      • Biological control
    • Resting sites
      • Spray inside and outsides of buildings with insecticide
  • Fly control on the host
    • Wide range of products available
    • Nil or short withdrawal period needed for milking animals or animals going for slaughter