Bulletin No 4101 - FLYSTRIKE - a manual for its prevention and control

Authors

N Monzu Dr, Western Australian Department of Agriculture

Files

Publication Date

1986

Series Number

4101

Abstract

The sheep blowfly is still regarded as the Australian sheep industry's most­damaging pest. Estimates of the cost to the industry, through production losses and prevention and control measures, exceed $ I 00 million in a year. This bulletin comprises the most relevant information available on:

• Blowfly types and life cycles

• Conditions predisposing sheep to flystrike

• The mechanism of flystrike

• Methods of preventing and controlling strike.

• Current research - including the development of a forecasting system for body strike.

Number of Pages

62

ISSN

0729-0012

Publisher

Western Australian Department of Agriculture

City

Perth

Keywords

Sheep, Flystrike, Blowflies, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agricultural Education | Animal Sciences | Entomology | Large or Food Animal and Equine Medicine | Parasitology | Sheep and Goat Science

Comments

Bulletin 4101 - Replaces Bulletin 3864

Recommended Citation

Monzu, N. (1986), Bulletin No 4101 - FLYSTRIKE - a manual for its prevention and control. Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Perth. Bulletin 4101.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bulletins/304

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