A literature review of surgical and chemical mulesing methods of sheep blowfly control

Publication Date

1977

Series Number

39

Abstract

A report did not foresee chemical mulesing replacing conventional mulesing, but did suggest that chemical treatment had potential for producing a permanent bare area of skin around the prepuce of male sheep, or for removing wool bearing skin from other blowfly susceptible areas. Various Australian recommendations as to the correct tail length for mulesed sheep require clarification, and there is a need for standardisation of mulesing and tail docking techniques.

Keywords

Mules' operation, Sheep, Lucilia cuprina, Pest control

Comments

Withdrawn from circulation July 1998

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