Common Attractants 

  • Horses

  • Cattle

  • Dogs

  • Humans

  • Goats

  • Sheep

  • Swine

  • Donkeys

  • Cats

  • ZOO Animals

 

Did you know the Biting Stable Fly has other names?

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Barn fly

Biting House fly

Dog fly

Power Mower fly

 
 

Did you know the biting stable fly can pass parasites and infectious diseases?

Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)
By Debbie Clark MPH, William Jeter DVM

By Debbie Clark MPH, William Jeter DVM

  • Trypanosomid parasites

  • Trypanosoma evansi (the agent of Surra)

  • Trypanosoma brucei

  • brucellosis

  • equine infectious anemia (EIA) AKA: swamp fever

  • African horse sickness (AHS)

  • and fowlpox.

  •  also reported to be a vector of Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax

 

Did you know the Biting Stable Fly

can decrease milk production in milk animals? 

Cattle that are heavily infested with stable flies have been noted to become anemic. Due to intensive fly feeding swine, cattle, and horses all show reduced weight gains. Milking cows have been observed to show lower milk production. Due to Biting stable flies livestock are weakened from continual irritation.

Biting stable flies cost the U.S. livestock industry billions.

 
 

Can the Biting Stable fly cause an animal to lose weight?

Yes, they can cause an animal to lose weight. They can cause extreme annoyance and fatigue in animals. Animals will stop eating to swat, roll and stomp the biting stable flies off of them. 

Unfortunately animals having a suitable shelter does not always allow them to get away from the biting stable flies.

Cattle heavily infested with stable flies have been noted to become anemic. A secondary problem is that the animals crowd together to avoid the feeding flies and then heat stress becomes an issue.