According to a MLA report 2015 the estimated cost to the Australian Beef Industry due to Buffalo flies is $98.7M. This is the third highest endemic disease for beef cattle, behind cattle tick bovine viral diarrhoea virus.

Buffalo fly is a blood sucking insect that has a life cycle of 10 – 40 days. The buffalo fly reproduces in cattle dung, in favourable weather conditions of humid 25 – 35 degrees. The buffalo fly lives permanently on its hosts and a threshold of approximately 400 buffalo flies per head is deemed to be causing a production loss. Buffalo flies are a welfare issue and treatments will have a benefit.     

BRUTE Pour-On for beef cattle is the most economical, convenient Buffalo fly and lice product on the market today. BRUTE Pour-On for beef cattle is a ready-to-use formulation containing permethrin, a synthetic pyrethroid highly effective against Buffalo flies & cattle lice on beef cattle. BRUTE Pour-On for beef cattle can be effective against pyrethroid susceptible Buffalo fly for up to 4 weeks.

The length of residual protection against Buffalo fly will vary depending on the level of insecticide resistance within a particular area. BRUTE Pour-On is also effective against biting lice and two species of sucking lice. Its low volume application rate reduces product waste from run off and provides better coverage of the animal.

BRUTE Pour on for beef cattle is a ready to use product. Available in a 1L, 5L and 5L gun pack. Its high concentration allows for a low dose rate, a maximum of 15ml per animal, this making BRUTE Pour On highly economical. The low toxicity formulation makes BRUTE Pour On a low risk irritant to the animal and the stock operators. This unique formulation allows for a short withhold period (7 days) and an ESI of 14 days.

BRUTE Pour On for beef cattle can be used with Y-Tex insecticidal ear tags in a strategic rotation program for Buffalo fly control. Brute Pour On for beef cattle has been a proven and trusted Buffalo fly and lice control product for over a decade.