A review of mulesing and other methods to control flystrike (cutaneous myiasis) in sheep

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-121

  Phillips, C J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cutaneous myiasis; Flystrike; Lucilia cuprina; Mulesing; Sheep

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; RAIN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BREEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTAMINATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FLY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MONITORING; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHEEP DISEASE; SHEEP FARMING; SKINFOLD; VACCINATION; WASP; WEATHER; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 65349092303     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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