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Sheep Blowflies Strike Out!, David Cook, Ian Dadour, Ernie Steiner
Sheep Blowflies Strike Out!, David Cook, Ian Dadour, Ernie Steiner
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Woolgrowers are constantly concerned that the sheep blowfly may be able to breed in sheep or other animal carcasses. David Cook, Ian Dadour and Ernis Steiner report on an experiment that answers that question once and for all.
Flystrike In Sheep : Secondary And Tertiary Flies Striking Sheep In Western Australia, N Monzu
Flystrike In Sheep : Secondary And Tertiary Flies Striking Sheep In Western Australia, N Monzu
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Unlike primary species of blowflies, the secondary and tertiary species of flies cannot initiate a strike, but their activity in the presence of the primary blowflies becomes significant in the death of struck sheep. This is particularily so when the hairy maggot blowfly is involved. Future management of sheep flocks to minimise deaths may require recognition of these secondary and tirtiary flies.
This article presents some basic facts about these flies.