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Nuisance flies are not only irritating to animals, but can also carry serious diseases and so should be controlled from an animal welfare point of view.
Nuisance flies are not only irritating to animals, but can also carry serious diseases and so should be controlled from an animal welfare point of view.
==''Musca'' spp.==
==''Musca spp.''==
*Also known as 'house' and 'face' flies
*Also known as 'house' and 'face' flies
**Reduced weight gain
**Reduced weight gain
**Reduced milk yield
**Reduced milk yield
**'''Fly worry'''
**Fly worry
*Disease transmission
*Disease transmission
*Feeds on secretions from the eyes, nose and mouth as well as blood left in wounds by other flies
*Feeds on secretions from the eyes, nose and mouth as well as blood left in wounds by other flies
'''Control'''
'''Control'''
*Fly control in breeding and resting sites (to reduce the source)
*Fly control in breeding and resting sites (to reduce the source)
**Breeding sites:
**Breeding sites
***Good sanitation
***Good sanitation
***Collect dung in heaps
***Collect dung in heaps
***Spray surface of heaps with insecticide to kill surviving adults and larvae
***Spray surface of heaps with insecticide to kill surviving adults and larvae
***Biological control
***Biological control
**Resting sites:
**Resting sites
***Spray inside and outsides of buildings with insecticide
***Spray inside and outsides of buildings with insecticide