Pest & Fly Control

Here are a few ways to combat these common equine health issues this summer.

Researchers are working on a vaccine to alleviate allergic skin reactions that can be caused by insect bites.

Learn how these disease-carrying insects can pose serious health risks for your horse.

The Added Benefits of Fly Protection for your Horse’s Legs

Does your fly sheet do all that it could?

Boost Fly-Control Strategies

Six secrets that the manufacturers don't always tell you

Use these tips for maximum effectiveness from your horse's insect repellent

Tips for helping a spray-shy mare stand still.

This Season, Make Sure You Have the Right Solutions

From Basic Manure Management to Advanced Fly Control in 7 Easy Steps

More Fly Know-How Can Mean Happier Horses

Understanding the Impact of Today's Fly Spray Products

Limiting exposure to flying pests could keep your horse healthy

Eventer Tik Maynard suggests a multi-faceted approach to fly control and explains how teaching a horse to focus can help her work through the discomfort that flies present.

Tips for using fly masks to protect your horse's face from flies and gnats.

Take arms! Here's a roundup of fly-fighting strategies to help you prepare for summer's bug battles.

Not only do flies and other bugs bite and sting your horses, they can spread disease. Read about the different ways you can defeat the enemy and keep flies away from your horse and barn.

Thanks to advances in fabric and design, a fly sheet is a more effective option than ever for helping your horse stay comfortable during bug season.

The right fly-protection product helps your horse even more when you use it in accordance with the manufacturer's directions. From the editors of Practical Horseman magazine.

Use these tips to help choose the right fly mask style and fit to give your horse effective bug-season protection. By Amy Anderson, with Sandra Cooke, for Practical Horseman magazine.

Use these tips to apply your horse's fly spray (and other insect repellent formulas) for maximum effectiveness.