Other Animal Disease -- United States
Livestock producers in the Arkansas delta are working to protect their animals after a population explosion of bloodsucking black flies is being blamed for the deaths of a bull and cow in Arkansas County and the recent closure of a nature center.
Black flies are part of the Simuliidae family and are also known as buffalo gnats or turkey gnats.
Between heavy rain and temperatures bouncing between the 40s and 70s in the last few weeks, "we're seeing a bumper crop of black flies, likely as
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5732701&promed&0
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