Battling the Blowfly supplement index
How AWI is helping develop a range of tools to minimise flystrike in the Australian sheep flock
Battling the Blowfly
Reducing flystrike is a research priority for the Australian wool industry
Flies eating into profits
Regularly treating sheep for flystrike helps avoid the problem, but is a significant cost for woolgrowers
Breeding bare-breech rams
The progeny of rams selected for their bare breech and crutch areas wil be part of the world's largest sheep gene-mapping project.
Also: Breech score guide available and No quick fixes in breeding for bare breech
Mapping the future of mulesing
The National Mulesing Assurance Program was launched in 2006 to provide livestock contractors and woolgrowers who mules sheep with access to the most up-to-date and 'best-practice' techniques.
Also: Manual a handy mulesing tool
Injectable solution ahead
A needle-less injectable alternative to conventional mulesing is giving good results, but growers will have to wait until the product is registered before it becomes commercially available.
Clips ahoy!
AWI is well on the way to the commerical production of plastic clips as an alternative to conventional mulesing, with 2007 the target for a controlled release.
Also: Research path to clip development
Sheep parasite's in AWI's crosshairs
The infrastructure to develop integrated parasite management strategies is in place and set to absorv the next generation of blowfly control techniques under development in AWI's R&D program. By Dr Johann Schroder, AWI project manager, animal health and welfare.
Meeting the insecticide resistance challenge
The development of resistance to insecticides in blowfly populations has created major challenges for wool producers and researchers alike.
Biotechnology opens a new front against blowflies
To help circumvent blowfly problems arising from both insecticide resistance and the phasing out of mulesing, genomic technologies are creating a new platform for the development of pest control strategies
The sheep's revenge: using a parasite to catch a pest
Biocontrol agents are being developed against sheep lice but their ability to also kill blowfly maggots has implications for sheep strike prevention
Cruisers and ambushers: worms at work
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