Flies, ticks, mosquitoes and other biting insects can create significant challenges for cattle producers. Heavy insect pressure can cause irritation and stress, interfere with normal grazing behavior and contribute to conditions that affect herd health and productivity. Cattle fogging provides producers with an effective tool for managing insect pressure around pastures, feedlots, barns and other livestock areas. Midwest Cattle Foggers manufactures American-made oil-based fogging systems designed to help cattle producers manage these challenges and maintain a more comfortable environment for their herds.
Fight Flies Effectively
The Asian longhorned tick is an invasive livestock pest that has become established in parts of the United States. USDA reports that these ticks can form large infestations on cattle, causing stress, reduced growth and production, and potentially severe blood loss.
USDA also reports that Asian longhorned ticks in the United States have been shown to transmit Theileria orientalis Ikeda to cattle under laboratory conditions and that the pathogen has been detected in field-collected ticks.
Managing tick pressure is an important consideration for cattle producers in areas where Asian longhorned ticks are present.
Control Tick Problems
Mosquitoes and other biting insects can add to the overall insect burden around cattle. Reducing insect pressure can help create a more comfortable environment and support a comprehensive livestock pest-management program.
Midwest Cattle Foggers manufactures high-output fogging equipment designed to help producers manage insect populations throughout their operations.
Reduce Mosquitoes
Screwworm can pose a serious threat to livestock when flies lay eggs in wounds and the resulting larvae feed on living tissue. Midwest Cattle Foggers provides high-output fogging equipment designed to help producers manage fly populations and reduce insect pressure around their cattle and livestock operations.
Fogging can be used as part of a broader pest-management program to help protect cattle from the insects that contribute to livestock health risks.
Reduce risks to your livestock
Bovine anaplasmosis is a vector-borne disease affecting cattle. USDA identifies Dermacentor species ticks as important biological vectors in the United States and also notes that biting flies can mechanically transmit the pathogen.
Because ticks and biting flies can play a role in transmission, reducing insect pressure can be an important component of a comprehensive cattle-health and pest-management program.
Pinkeye, also known as infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), is a common eye condition in cattle. Flies are one of several recognized risk factors associated with IBK, making fly management an important part of an overall prevention strategy.
Cattle producers can use fogging as part of a broader approach to reducing fly pressure around the herd.
Important: Fogging equipment is intended for insect and pest control and is not a veterinary treatment for pinkeye or other cattle diseases.
Bovine theileriosis is a tick-borne disease caused by Theileria parasites. Tick control is an important part of preventing the disease because transmission occurs through infected ticks.
Midwest Cattle Foggers provides equipment designed to help cattle producers manage tick pressure around their operations.
Protecting cattle from excessive insect pressure is about more than keeping livestock comfortable. Persistent exposure to flies, ticks and other pests can contribute to stress and interfere with normal cattle behavior.
A comprehensive pest-management program can help producers:
Fogging should be used as part of an overall herd-health and pest-management program appropriate for the operation.
Protect Your Herd. Protect Your Profit.
Healthy, comfortable cattle are productive cattle. By giving producers dependable equipment for managing insect pressure, Midwest Cattle Foggers helps ranchers and livestock producers take a proactive approach to protecting their herds.
Our American-made fogging systems are built to work hard, built to last and built specifically with livestock producers in mind.
Midwest Cattle Foggers is located in Nevada, Missouri, and serves cattle producers throughout the United States. Our equipment is built in America and shipped nationwide.
Whether you’re managing a pasture, ranch, feedlot or livestock facility, we’re ready to help you find the right fogging equipment for your operation.
Don’t let flies, ticks and mosquitoes create unnecessary stress around your operation. Contact Midwest Cattle Foggers at (816) 589-1825 to learn more about our American-made cattle fogging systems.
