Controlling these flies is a must to the health and well being of your horse. Horsetack International offers Fly Masks, Fly Sheets and Fly Boots as well as fly spays and repellents to protect your horse from attacks from flies.
Flies carry bacteria that can cause typhoid fever, tuberculosis and many other diseases known to man. A flies common life cycle is 21 to 25 days from egg to adult. A female often lays twenty batches of eggs during her thirty day life span. Each batch contains between 40-80 eggs. So an average female fly produces about 1600 flies.
Stable flies, horseflies, deer flies, horn flies, and face flies affect your horses health and well-being. Stable flies, are very common. Stable flies suck your horse's blood. The most common feeding sites include horses lower legs, flanks, belly, under the jaw, and at the junction of the neck and the chest.
