TEXARKANA, AR (KSLA) -
From mosquito repellant to products that protect crops from West Nile spraying to animal and human vaccines, chemicals are in high demand as ArkLaTex residents seek to stop the West Nile menace.
Like many customers visiting Miller-Bowie Supply in Texarkana, Wayne Lewis is trying to get help killing mosquitos.
"I've got bad mosquitos. They are eating me up," Lewis says. "I got them bad out there where I'm at. I'm out there with those pecan trees and wetter land."
The store's manager, Andy Norton, recommends malathion, a pesticide widely used for mosquito eradication.
"It is moving twice to three times the rate as to what we were moving 30 days ago, and it seems like every week we progress through it, interest builds," Norton says.
Norton recommends several chemical brands and types of equipment to keep the public safe. And he suggests spraying for the insect between 1 and 3 p.m., when mosquitos are not as active.
"Don't move around at night time. They will eat you up," Lewis says, agreeing with Norton's suggestion.
As for vaccines, there is no preventive vaccine for human beings against the West Nile virus. But it's different for horses, and Miller-Bowie Supply has seen a big surge in that vaccine.
"We probably have maybe 10 or 12 dosages left, and then we are waiting for other shipments to come in for backup and supplies," Norton says.
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