Finally a highly effective and convenient form of Insect protection for your horse - A Rug Impregnated with Insect Repellent

Wild Horse Australia is the exclusive distributors of Insect Shield® Horse Rugs, Flymasks and horse products in Australia.

		Insect Repellent Horse Rugs & Fly Masks
		Our rugs are treated with Insect Shield® Repellent Technology - a patent-pending insect repellent that lasts up to 25 detergent washes
		The repellency is Permethrin - a man-made version of a natural insect repellent found in certain types of chrysanthemum plants
		Insect Shield® through a specialised process, is very tightly bonded to the fabric fibres, resulting in effective protection that lasts the expected lifetime of the product
		Insect Shield® has been extensively tested and proven highly successful for its effectiveness in repelling a variety of disease carrying insects
		Insect Shield® technology is Odourless and Colourless, unlike other products which can affect your horses sensitive sense of smell
		EPA registered
		It is the same repellent technology used in field clothing for the Military Forces to repel insects
		A great alternative to other temporary insect repellent products that are sprayed directly on the skin, last for only a matter of hours, wash off with sweat or water and which also have the potential for overuse
		Insect Shield has the benefit of being near your horse’s skin, instead of on it.
		It is appropriate for horses of all ages
		Insects are NOT repelled by normal horse rugs
		Can save you time and money on direct contact sprays

As we know our Horses have a very important highly developed sense of smell. Attempts have been made to assess how many times greater the horse's sense of smell is than our own, with estimates ranging up to hundreds of thousands.

They use their ability to distinguish different odours in their everyday lives. Horses use smell to identify other horses, to locate substances which are edible, for protection, a mare uses smell to pick out her foal from others in a group, they also use smell to distinguish between fresh and spoiled feed.

We as responsible horse owners must be aware of interfering with this particularly sense. Insect Shield is ODOURLESS.

See extensive testing results here:
Insect Shield® Technology Research.

The effective insect repellent (Permethrin) that Insect Shield® use in their process patented technology, disrupts the neurological system of BITING & BLOOD SUCKING INSECTS, so they are unable to bite & feed. It does not always interfere with non-biting or non-blood sucking insects.

Scientific reasoning for this is speculative, as no research has been done on harmless, non-biting insects. Tests have only been carried out on BITING & BLOOD SUCKING INSECTS.

These include horseflies, biting flies, sandflies, mosquitoes, ticks and fleas. The insects that pose the greatest potential risk and discomfort to your horse.

Please see:
Insect Shield® Knockdown test results

Any Wild Horse Australia product with this symbol utilises Insect Shield® Patent-Pending process to bond Permethrin to the fabric, for optimum protection from disease carrying insects.

Help protect your horse from annoying disease carrying insects

More Information about our Insect Repellent Range:

Insects We Repel - Detailed information about harmful insects

Q&A - Have any queries? You might find your answer here!

Latest Videos - We let the results speak for themself.

See the Insect Shield® website for treatment testing, EPA standards and further details.