San Antonio - Feb. 2, 2005- No bird left behind, that's exactly what the nation's largest commercial livestock pest control company is saying their newest BIRD CONTROL program can do. As few as 250,000 starlings , can easily consume up to 100 ton of corn and deposit 50 ton of manure from their droppings per month! Imagine what 3, 4 or 5 times that number of birds can do in a winter month when pest birds are at their highest numbers in commercial livestock sites! One Ohio dairyman reports "I am losing more than $100,000 per month just in fed corn."
Add to those losses, the "intangible" costs such as vet bills, added clean-up, reduced gain, decreases in milk production and even death loss and you've got one huge bird problem!
Jan Huck, President and General Manager of PlainJan's, says "Feedyard managers have been begging us to do something about the birds ever since we began our pest control programs back in 1987." Huck continues, " We are all very excited to finally get a program that can greatly reduce or even possibly eliminate the feedyard bird problem."
This bird repellent is both EPA and FDA approved and has proven results: no birds remaining. The repellent works as a pain stimulis in the trigeminal nerves in a bird's throat and mucus membranes of the beak and eyes. ONLY birds are affected---it is avian-specific---ALL birds react. Airports, utility sites, large food warehouses, landfills and dairies have already been using this ABA program. PlainJan's will however, be the first to initiate such a program in the commercial beef production field.
PlainJan's state certified technicians will be using special thermol aerosolfoggers which produce very tiny droplets (5-25 microns) to create a cloud that has the capacity to rise and spread quickly, with or without air currents. "Our on site staff will mount these foggers on 4 wheel drive all terrain vehicles. This will allow us to easily cover the various uneven surfaces and possibly sloppy conditions commonly present in commercial feedyards and dairies. These ABA programs will last anywhere from 3-10 very intense days of treatment and will not be cheap. But compared to the hugh dollars lost, it will be a bargain." said Huck.
This Aerosol Bird Aversion program is being launched this month at two national shows, the National Cattlemen Beef AssociationConvention in San Antonio which anticipates over 6,000 attendees, and the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California , a huge show which expects over 40,000 national and international visitors.
For more information about Aerosol Bird Aversion programs for commercial livestock facilities visit www.plainjans.com or contact PlainJan's 800-235-6140.