Flies of Livestock

Flies affect livestock by causing discomfort, resulting in reduced production and transmitting infectious diseases and parasites.

Flies can be divided into:

  • Biting flies
  • Nuisance flies
  • Flies where larval stages result in damage - myasis
Fly distribution

Flies have a predilection for certain places on the body of their host

Biting flies

Nuisance flies

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Myasis

Myasis is the result of fly larvae infestations on animals that feed on dead and living tissue and secretions.

musca domestica

Prof. Dr. H. Mehlhorn, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Flies cause discomfort to livestock and transmit diseases and parasites.