Huh........an EHD preventative.....maybe so.

[Scott Heinrich]

There is a chemical (Dimilin) used in Australia and New Zealand on goats. It stops the life cycle of the chewing louse for an entire year. I know a particular goat breeder who used it on his angoras. It kept the gnats/midges from biting and making them blue tongue positive so he could export them to Canada. Blue tongue is ubiquitous, and there is no treatment for goats, it usually causes symptoms of founder, as the hemorrhages appear in the hooves for the most part, and they are lame, but not usually otherwise affected. If you could spray your deer and goats in late winter (FEB.), it should protect them from gnat stings, and thus from infection for an entire season.
Dimilin (also known as diflubenzuron) is an insecticide which interferes with chitin (outer-shell)synthesis in insects.
My research has found that Dimilin is very safe and when mixed with permectin as is the product called Clean-UP TM , it can be used as a pour-on and provides long term protection from many insects that transmit diseases to our deer such as the midge fly. Huh........an EHD preventative.....maybe so.

To purchase this product, you need a chemical applicator license. I plan to treat my deer with this stuff. As far as I can see, it is safe and if it only kills one midge fly I will consider it valuable in the fight to defeat EHD.


http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/Epidemiology/dee/PublicHealthToxicology/documents/pdf/dimilin.pdf

http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=235952

http://www.kmgb.com/kmg/animalHealthProducts.asp

[CameronCrow]

Thanks Scott,

I am fighting it right now. I've just found deer 3-5 with EHD today. Most of mine have been the normal symptoms but after talking to the vet (Dr. Dan McBride) he determined (from past experience) that this one hit him neurologically. He would be fine during the cool part of the day and then look like a Mexican dancing horse, fall down, bob his head, get back up, then look to be fine... then do it again. Treated him the same as the rest... Hopefully this will help and something else (like a vaccine) can be made... Thanks again.

[CameronCrow]

I like this idea and would like to give it a try. Can you give me some more information?

What is the % of Dimilin and permectin are you using and mixing. Also, what is the dose for deer (cc/100 lbs)? Thanks!

[Scott Heinrich]

Use the horse/foal dosage as per the link below.


http://www.kmgb.com/kmg/pdf/Clean-up.pdf