Article Title

Choosing shower dips for sheep lice

Authors

Tony Higgs
Bob Love

Keywords

Sheep, Bovicola ovis, Sheep lice, Pest control, Insecticides, Albany

First Page Number

109

Last Page Number

112

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

The performance of all shower dip chemicals for sheep lice can vary depending on the active chemical and the conditions under which they are used.

Department of Agriculture trials have indicated that the wettable powders coumaphos and magnesium fluorosilicate were less effective at eradicating sheep lice than were synthetic pyrethroid and organophosphate dipping chemicals.

However, failure to eradicate sheep lice may be the result of several factors, many of them related to management.

Recommended Citation

Higgs, Tony and Love, Bob (1993) "Choosing shower dips for sheep lice," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 34: No. 3, Article 6.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol34/iss3/6