Flystrike in sheep is a myiasis condition in which domestic sheep are infected by one of several species of flies that are external parasites of sheep...

wool-bearing skin from around the breech (buttocks) of a sheep to prevent the parasitic infection flystrike (myiasis). The wool around the buttocks can retain...

of sheep. Tail docking is commonly done for welfare, having been shown to reduce risk of flystrike when compared to the alternative of letting sheep collect...

Myiasis (/maɪ.ˈaɪ.ə.səs/ my-EYE-ə-səss), also known as flystrike or fly strike, is the parasitic infestation of the body of a live animal by fly larvae...

in sheep, but it also decreases the amount of urine staining on the belly of the sheep. This procedure can greatly reduce the occurrence of flystrike...

destructive condition of flystrike. Flies lay their eggs in wounds or wet, manure-soiled wool; when the maggots hatch they burrow into a sheep's flesh, eventually...

a common visitor to houses and is also noted as a perpetrator of flystrike on sheep. It lays living maggots (Viviparous), unlike most blow-fly species...

(20%) in South Africa. Unlike Merinos, Dorpers do not need shearing, crutching, or mulesing, and they are much less prone to flystrike. "Dorper Sheep". Breeds...

New South Wales in March each year. In Australia, mulesing of Merino sheep is a common practice to reduce the incidence of flystrike. It has been attacked...

wrinkle-free skin and bare breech. This means Finn-cross sheep are much less susceptible to flystrike than Merinos and do not require mulesing, a contentious...

of the domestic sheep goes back to between 11,000 and 9,000 BCE, and the domestication of the wild mouflon in ancient Mesopotamia. Sheep are among the first...

through physical contests with other rams (in feral populations). Sheep have a breeding season (tupping) in the autumn, though some can breed year-round...

(buttocks) of a sheep to prevent flystrike (myiasis) 'Eye ablation' is the removal of one or both eyestalks to improve reproduction in female prawns/shrimp...

the RSPCA is that Australian Merino sheep have not been ethically bred, as seen in their susceptibility to flystrike. They believe "any painful procedure...

cause myiasis ("flystrike"), an infestation of maggots in lesions or other wounds and injuries that the host animal may have. Flystrike may occur due to...

dentition (teeth) of cattle, sheep and occasionally horses. Those caring for sheep will regularly have to deal with flystrike treatments, jetting animals...

commonly used in livestock for male castration of sheep and cattle. Banding is also commonly done in tail docking of lambs to prevent flystrike, and less...

M. (1995) Flystrike in New Zealand. Surveillance (Wellington), 22:, 11-13. Waterhouse, D. F. (1947) The relative importance of live sheep and of carrion...

particularly in New Zealand agriculture. The fly can cause the flystrike disease in sheep when the maggots it lays burrow into the sheep's skin. This form...

from the buttocks of merino sheep to avoid flystrike, a practice used almost exclusively in Australia. Corriveau lives in Montrose, California with his...

from their stores. In response, the Australian wool industry sued PETA, arguing among other things that mulesing prevents flystrike, a very painful disease...

diseases include rabbit haemorrhagic disease[citation needed] in New Zealand and flystrike. Although strike is not limited to blow flies, these maggots...

strips of wool-bearing skin from around the breech (buttocks) of a sheep to prevent flystrike (myiasis) Animal welfare activists suggest a total ban on fur...

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