Wound healing after mulesing and other options for controlling breech flystrike in Merino lambs: Observations on gross and microscopic wound healing

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 27-37

  Lepherd, M L ^a   Canfield, P J ^a   Hunt, G B ^a   Thomson, P C ^a   Bosward, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breech flystrike; Mulesing; Non surgical mulesing; Sheep; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CETRIMIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATION; INJURY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CETRIMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATIONS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; PAIN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78751533959     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2010.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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