Fly Control - Animal Housing
Animal Housing, Broiler Sheds, and abattoirs attract vast numbers of flies and other insects. Without control here, this can lead to massive issues concerning animal husbandry and welfare.
The problem can present itself in a number of ways:
There are a number of flies that are found in animal housing including the Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans), The False Stable Fly (Muscina stabulans), The Black Soldior Fly (Hermetia illucens), House Fly (Musca domestica), Black Garbage Fly (Ophyra), and Blow Fly (Muscina stabulans):
- The false stable fly can be found fairly abundantly in animal facilities, especially in poultry houses where it breeds in accumulated manure.
- Ophyra spp (Black Garbage Fly) Ophyra breed in the same habitats as the house fly and may become very abundant, especially in poultry houses and around piles of dairy cattle manure.
- The adults and larvae of the soldier fly are distinctive and easily recognized. They are sometimes present in tremendous numbers, especially in poultry and swine houses.
- Several species of blow flies of different genera may be found around animal production facilities.
- Soldier flies prefer to oviposit in the drier areas of the poultry manure.
- In poultry manure, large populations of black soldier fly larvae can exist. Soldier fly larvae cause the poultry manure to be so liquified that it becomes difficult to remove and may flow onto walkways or undermine the foundations of the poultry house.
Defra states that in the housing of intensively reared hens, the housing should be kept free from 'predators, rodents and wild animals, and minimal insects'.
There are serious disease implementations to animal and human if insect control is not put in place:
Poultry
On poultry farms, heavy fly infestations can mean more time spent cleaning eggs to remove fly specks, and possibly downgrading egg quality.
Fly maggots have a negative impact on poultry manure quality due to liquefaction, which also fosters the release of ammonia -responsible for increased chronic respiratory diseases (CRD), increased corrosion and increased ventilation costs.
Fly treatment has been shown to result in a marked improvement in egg production (Abrams, 1976).
Cattle Housing
In cattle units, flies are attracted to cows' eyes, teats and open wounds. In addition to the diseases they transmit, extreme discomfort caused by constant fly attack can result in reduced weight gain and lower milk yield in cattle. Milk quality also suffers from the presence of excessive numbers of flies.
Swine Husbandry
In swine husbandry, flies can be a particularly serious problem in modern pig houses. Flies are especially attracted to pig farrowing units where they feed around sows' teats, eyes and open wounds. The nuisance they cause and the diseases they transmit affect both sows and piglets.
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