All Fly and Mite Infestations of Livestock

External parasites of farm animals that are flies or their larvae, or mites, living on or in the skin, such as screwworms and scab mites. A disease belongs here when its cited article names a fly, maggot or mite as the cause. The larvae of screwworm flies feed on living flesh in wounds, while scab mites irritate the skin until the animal rubs off its wool or hair, and both can kill if left untreated. Control uses inspection, wound care, dips and pour-on treatments, movement controls and, for some flies, the release of sterile males to break the breeding cycle. This heading gathers them so a visitor can compare their hosts and how each is controlled.