--- In [email protected], "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've heard of a humid area in NM where some horses have SE, and > there are others too. Unfortunately, we don't have an exact map of these > areas. It does seem that there are enough similar bugs all over North > America that foals born in Canada and California seem to develop immunity, > and don't get SE any more often than other breeds. >
I would guess that the more arid regions out west are ok, like desert, high desert and the more arid mountain areas. I had Dari at the coast and he does have a fly allergy, it was good because there was a constant wind and the bugs just couldn't stick around. I was having a terrible problem with mosquitos in Montana, but I was about 200 ft. from a large river, so river areas might not be so good, Montana was very dry in most of the state, very dry, there were hardly any flying bugs at all. Dari is actually allergic to black flies, it's actually much better here than it was in S. Cal., maybe because all the livestock is more spread out, kept in large pastures. Kim
