Could Catnip or Chrysanthemum Bring Cows Relief From Biting Flies?
By Meredith Swett Walker We generally don’t associate cows with pleasant aromas, but in the future you may catch a whiff of mint, lemongrass, or chrysanthemum when visiting a barn […]
Horn Fly Biocontrol: In Search of Faster Fungus
By Ed Ricciuti Soon after silkworm eggs were smuggled out of China in the 12th Century, northern Italy and France emerged as centers of silk production, an industry almost brought […]
Counting Horn Flies: No Easy Task, Whether In Person or In a Photo
By Ed Ricciuti If your job is counting horn flies, a twitch of a cow’s hide can go a long way toward ruining your day. OK, perhaps that is a […]
Meet the the CowVac, an Innovative Way to Protect Cattle from Horn Flies
By Joel Grossman (A longer version of this article was published earlier at the Biocontrol Beat blog.) Rest assured, a CowVac is not a veterinary vaccine of some sort that […]