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Prevention of Flystrike in Non Mulesed Sheep

In 2004, the Australian wool industry agreed to phase out the practice of mulesing. The future credibility of the Australian Merino industry requires that we achieve this goal.

Producers need to work towards ceasing mulesing, however, work is continuing by the Department of Agriculture & Food WA, Australian Wool Innovation Ltd. and many other institutions and producers to determine the most appropriate and effective strategies to minimise breech strike in un mulesed Merinos.

DAFWA recognises that this is a serious issue and ceased mulesing on it's own flocks in 2008 in order to carry out research into managing unmulesed sheep. This ensures that sheep producers have access to the best information and practical recommendations for managing flystrike in unmulesed sheep.

• Prevention of Flystrike
• Prediction of Flystrike
• Contacts and Events
• DAFWA's Approach
• Marketing non-mulesed wool
• Background to the issue
• Research and Publications

A revised list of chemicals for flystrike application is available here.

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If you are interested in receiving via email news updates and information on managing non-mulesed flocks, please register your interest with Julia Smith, julia.smith@agric.wa.gov.au. Please include the words non mulesing network in the title of the email.