Strategic use of crutching and dicyclanil to protect unmulesed sheep against breech strike

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 138-141

  James, P J ^a   Cramp, A P ^a   Winkleman, J ^a   Mcphie, R ^a   Brown, G W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dicyclanil; Fly strike; Lucilia cuprina; Mulesing; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DICYCLANIL; JUVENILE HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FLY; LARVA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOOL;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MYIASIS; QUEENSLAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOOL;

LUCILIA CUPRINA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 63049134292     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2009.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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