HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-03-21, Page 5726 = The Faun Edition, week 'of March 21, 1984
Controlproduciscthd devices
effective against hornflies
Some of the new hornfly control products
and devices that were tested in field trials
last summer by the Alberta Environmental
Centre's entomology section staff proved to
be very effective and efficient in controlling
these insects on rage cattle.
According to the centre's livestock entom-
ologist, Hugh Philip, the trials were part of
an on going program that is designed to
evaluate new products and devies and to
disseminate the information to farmers. He
says_last summer's trials were carried out in
cooperation with cattlemen near Innisfree,
Provost and Czar.
The trial that involved self treatment back
rubbers, which had been charged with the
insecticide fenvalerate, provided excellent
hornfly control for the whole grazing.
season, according to Phillip. He says one
back rubber was located in a strategic
position in each of six pastures, which each
contained E5 to 189 head of either yearlings
or cows and calves, and that the control was
excellent in all the pastures.
Other trials involved the use of experi-
mental tags which had been impregnated
with an insecticide and attached to the ear,
tail or an identification ear tag on the cattle.
One set of the tags had been impregnated
with cypermethrin and and the other with
permethrin. Both sets gave season long
hornfly control when they were attached to
one ear of each animal in the pasture.
The two experimental devices that were
tested last summer had both been impreg-
nated with permethrin. One was band aid
like tape that was attached to the "neck" of
the identification tags on the cattle, while
'the other was a plastic strip, resembling a 15
cm. ruler, that was attached to the
identification tags with a plastic cord.
Phillip reported that both devices gave
excellent hornfly control throughout the
season, but that only the tape type gave
satisfactory control when the devices were
attached to the tails of the cattle, just above
the switch.
Agriculture Canada officials who will
review it as part of the registration process
for new insecticides, use patterns and
applications devices. Phillip points out that
the trials have also provided invaluable
information on the way the insecticides and
devices perform under Alberta conditions
and under cattle management systems that
are used here.
"This means," says Phillip, "That
Alberta cattlemen will be able to use them,
when . they become available, with the
assurance that they will perform as stated on
the product labels, providing they followed
the directions properly."
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