Pests of Cattle

ENT-12: Insect Control on Dairy Cattle - 2016  |  Download PDF

ENT-11: Insect Control for Beef Cattle - 2016  |  Download PDF

ENTFACT-515: Insecticide Dust Bags for Cattle Insect Control  |  Download PDF

ENTFACT-512: Lice on Beef and Dairy Cattle  |  Download PDF

ENTFACT-511: Horse Flies and Deer Flies  |  Download PDF

ENTFACT-510: Face Flies and Pink Eye  |  Download PDF

ENTFACT-509: Horn Flies and Cattle  |  Download PDF

ENTFACT-508: Walk Through Horn Fly Trap for Pastured Cattle  |  Download PDF

ENTFACT-505: Insecticide-Impregnated Cattle Ear Tags  |  Download PDF

by Lee Townsend, Extension Entomologist 
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture 

Insecticide-impregnated cattle ear tags release small amounts of an insecticide which are distributed over the animal during grooming or rubbing. In general, ear tags have provided excellent, long term control of horn flies and a reduction in face fly numbers. 

ENTFACT-501: Managing Pyrethroid-Resistant Horn Flies  |  Download PDF