The end of flystrike issues on Australian sheep farms could be within reach, with promising early results coming back from ...

High densities of blow flies put sheep at risk of fly strike, a disease where blowfly maggots burrow into the sheep's flesh and start to eat it alive, causing painful wounds. This affects the ...

THE proboscis of the blowfly has been so often figured and described that students generally have no difficulty in understanding its structure and mode of working. There is, however, one small ...

Matt Colston, ruminant technical consultant at Elanco, says the service was a useful asset to the sheep industry last year, informing many UK farmers of their local blowfly risk. “Blowfly Watch ...

In this course we cover the most important skin infestation – sheep scab – and blowfly strike which is most problematic in summer months.