Flystrike prevention is a relentless pursuit which has headed down many avenues across the years. But a recently-released paper by the University of Western Australia has shed light on tackling the problem through an innovative lens, by investigating the role of blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) olfaction. Kondinin Group’s Claire Harris reports.
On the nose: University of Western Australia’s Graeme Martin has supervised a study looking into which odours from Merino wool attract blowflies. Photo courtesy Graeme Martin.
Rather than treating sheep for flystrike, or conducting preventative methods such a mulesing, an Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)-funded PhD study has taken the approach of looking at what odours from...
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