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Latest Publications

AWI's latest breech flystrike prevention research and publications.

 

AWI's latest publications on flystrike prevention. Click the links below to navigate to the publications in each section.

 

Flystrike Program Overview
Analgesia and Anaesthesia
Management Practices
Breeding and Selection
Education, Extension and Promotion
Woolgrower Surveys
Most Recent RD&E Technical Update
Other Publications and Links
 
Flystrike Extension Program
Managing Chemical Resistance
 
 

 

Flystrike Program Overview

Flystrike Research Update
Resources for woolgrowers to assist in managing flystrike

AWI Flystrike RDEEC Strategy 2022/2023 – 2024/25
331kB 15/11/2022
AWI Flystrike Extension Program on a Page – Nov 2022
264kB 01/11/2022
More AWI resources to help woolgrowers beat the blowfly – March 2022 Beyond the Bale
928kB 04/04/2022
AWI investing more on fighting flystrike – December 2021 Beyond the Bale article
453kB 16/12/2021
Flystrike R&D progress - Beyond the Bale June 2020
1582kB 16/11/2020
A Review of Predisposing Factors for Breech Flystrike - Final Report
1010kB 02/09/2019
AWI Breech Strike RD&E Program – Improving Lifetime Welfare presentation
3677kB 23/11/2017
Breech Flystrike Causal Web

During a review of breech flystrike research, a team of flystrike experts were asked to identify the risk factors for breech flystrike and their interactions with the other risk factors.  This work led to the development, by Ausvet Pty Ltd, of the Causal Web of Ovine Breech Flystrike in Australia.

The Breech Flystrike Causal Web is available here.

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Management Practices

Industry Communications on Management Practices
Combatting chemical resistance – December 2021 Beyond the Bale Article
1083kB 16/12/2021
Managing Chemical Resistance – factsheet
247kB 16/12/2021
Vaccine researchers striking back against flystrike – March 2021 Beyond the Bale article
583kB 19/03/2021
Blowfly Population Sampling Project Update - December 2020 Beyond the Bale article
272kB 08/12/2020
Blowfly Insecticide Resistance Project Update - December 2020 Beyond the Bale article
302kB 08/12/2020
Flystrike Vaccine Research Update March 2020 Beyond the Bale article
1890kB 13/03/2020
Dags, don’t get caught up S**t Creek - September 2019 Beyond the Bale article
848kB 09/09/2019
Insecticide Resistance Strategy to Maximise Flystrike Control - June 2019 Beyond the Bale article
2603kB 10/06/2019
Flystrike Treatments during drought - March 2019 Beyond the Bale article
1393kB 08/03/2019
Flystrike Vaccine Research underway - March 2019 Beyond the Bale article
2280kB 12/03/2019
Your chance to influence Parasite Research - March 2019 Beyond the Bale article
134kB 11/03/2019
Tail docking – don’t cut it short - March 2019 Beyond the Bale article
186kB 08/03/2019
Manual - Managing Breech Flystrike - February 2019
3066kB 04/02/2019
What’s bugging you? - Dec 2018 Beyond the Bale article
81kB 10/12/2018
How well performing are your blowfly and lice treatments? - September 2018 Beyond the Bale article
2195kB 07/09/2018
Making the transition to a ceased mulesing flock - September 2018 Beyond the Bale article
2137kB 07/09/2018

 

Project Reports on Management Practices
Project Final Report – ON00624 Informed Development of a Flystrike Vaccine UoM
1922kB 15/11/2022
Project Final Report – ON-00590 Nanotechnology Project
3513kB 18/05/2022
Project Final Report – ON-00651 Development of a Model for Flystrike Resistance Management
744kB 18/01/2022
Towards the Commercialisation of New Environmentally Friendly Insecticides, including those Targeting Sheep Body Louse and Blowfly Ecdysone Receptors
257kB 31/05/2021
Project Final Report – ON-00485 Evaluating methods for conducting faecal egg count reduction tests in sheep using McMaster technique, Mini-FLOTAC and pooled counts
1078kB 19/03/2021
Project Final Report – Sheep Blowfly Resistance Update 2018 -2020
889kB 20/11/2020
Project Final Report - 200717 ON721 Identifying T.cylindrosporum
516kB 21/07/2020
Project Final Report – Control of Fleece Rot and Lumpy Wool by Vaccination: Feasibility Review and Options
1860kB 08/07/2020
Project Final Report – New Chemicals for Sheep Blowfly Control
2473kB 02/06/2020
Project Final Report – A Review of Sheep Blowfly Pathogen Control - August 2019
353kB 12/08/2019
Project Final Report on CRISPR Phase 3 – Developing gene knockout technology in the sheep blowfly
540kB 06/08/2019
Final Project Summary Report – ON-00373 Genetics of Blowfly Parasitism November 2018
1576kB 02/11/2018

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Breeding and Selection

Industry Communications on Breeding and Selection
Introduction to Stockmanship
2049kB 07/02/2023
Introduction to Merino Visual Classing
2506kB 07/02/2023
Merino Genetic Trends
734kB 07/02/2023
Welfare and production ASBVs
319kB 07/02/2023
AWI and AGBU partnering for genomics and the MLP analysis – March 2022 Beyond the Bale
810kB 04/04/2022
Breeding productive naturally flystrike resistant Merinos – December 2021 Beyond the Bale article
225kB 16/12/2021
Moving to NM in Rangelands Forum
884kB 26/05/2021
Breeding for natural flystrike resistant Merinos – publications - March 2021
564kB 19/03/2021
Rate of Genetic Gain in Reducing Breech Flystrike – Forbes Brien
568kB 31/08/2020
Planning for a Non-Mulesed Merino Enterprise
588kB 31/08/2020
Breeding and Selection – Industry Trends – Geoff Lindon
781kB 31/08/2020
Visual Sheep Scores – Producer Version 3.1 - 2023
15367kB 16/03/2023
Breeding Naturally Breech Strike Resistant Merinos, Part 1 - June 2020 Beyond the Bale article
337kB 01/06/2020
Breeding Naturally Breech Strike Resistant Merinos, Part 2 - September 2020 Beyond the Bale article
1039kB 02/09/2020
Sheep Flystrike Risk Factors March 2020 Beyond the Bale article
156kB 06/03/2020
Can Genomics assist with reducing the risk of breech flystrike? – September 2019 Beyond the Bale article
350kB 09/09/2019
Low Wrinkle-High Fleece Weight - June 2019 Beyond the Bale article
1073kB 07/06/2019
Genetically Reducing Breech Flystrike - June 2019 Beyond the Bale article
652kB 07/06/2019
Breeding lower wrinkle and dag June 2017 Beyond the Bale article
100kB 09/06/2017
DAFWA Breech Strike Resistance Newsletter Issue 7 - July 2017
953kB 03/07/2017
CSIRO Armidale Newsletter Issue 7 - November 2016
1932kB 07/11/2016
Project Reports on Breeding and Selection
Project Final Report on Explanatory modelling – Exploratory data analysis of two research flocks
2366kB 16/03/2021
Project Final Report on Breeding for Breech Flystrike Prevention by CSIRO – August 2016
1291kB 26/08/2020
Project Final Report on Breeding for Breech Flystrike Prevention by DAFWA – June 2016
2283kB 26/08/2020
Project Final Report on Genotyping of Breech Flystrike Resource - Update - July 2019
675kB 02/07/2019
Project Report - Rate of Genetic Gain in Reducing Breech Flystrike - Update June 2019
2317kB 06/06/2019

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Analgesia and Anaesthesia

Industry Communications on Analgesia and Anaesthesia
Analgesics and anaesthetics deliver on-the-ground-benefits – March 2021 Beyond the Bale article
760kB 19/03/2021
Anaesthetics and analgesics at lamb marking - factsheet
683kB 18/04/2023
Anaesthetics and analgesics including FAQs - Beyond the Bale article
832kB 06/12/2019
Numnuts numbs nuts (and tails)! - Beyond the Bale article
2657kB 10/12/2018
Pain relief research for mulesing - Beyond the Bale article
667kB 08/06/2018
Observed benefits of using Buccalgesic® with Tri-Solfen® - Beyond the Bale article
738kB 08/06/2018
Buccalgesic® formally approved for mulesing Beyond the Bale article
486kB 07/12/2017
Project Reports on Analgesia and Anaesthesia
Project Final Report on Gap Evaluation of Pain Alleviation
1197kB 12/06/2020
Metabolism study to determine the quantity and identify the nature of parent compounds and metabolites in ovine tissue and fluids following the topical administration of TRI-SOLFEN - Final Report
4492kB 26/06/2019
Welfare assessments of analgesic options in female lambs for surgical mulesing and its alternatives
1818kB 29/05/2018

Further information on Analgesia and Anaesthesia is available here.

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Education, Extension and Promotion

Industry Communications on Education, Extension and Promotion
Fleece rot and lumpy wool are not the same - March 2022 Beyond the Bale
358kB 04/04/2022
Fleece rot and lumpy wool are not the same – a fact sheet
243kB 03/09/2021
Flystrike Webinar a practical and timely guide – March 2021 Beyond the Bale article
860kB 19/03/2021
Plan Prepare Conduct Best Practice Lamb Marking Training Guide
5745kB 01/02/2020
Dealing with Dag Fact Sheet
109kB 06/08/2019
Dealing with Dag – Advisor Manual
4329kB 06/08/2019
Fashion Giant Learns about animal welfare - September 2018 Beyond the Bale article
987kB 10/09/2018
Planning for a non-mulesed Merino enterprise
588kB 01/03/2018
Project Reports on Education, Extension and Promotion
Evaluation of the anthelmintic efficacy situation on member farms of the Tablelands Farming System (TFS): Project ON-710 Final Report
511kB 08/12/2020
Putting Wormboss into Practice: Project ON-493 Final Report
371kB 20/04/2020

 

Woolgrower Surveys
2021 AWI Merino Husbandry Practices Survey
1372kB 04/01/2023
Trends in mulesing, tail docking and castration practices of Australian woolgrowers: Results of the 2021 AWI Merino Husbandry Practices Survey
1209kB 31/10/2022
2018 Benchmarking Australian Sheep Parasite Control Survey
8066kB 10/08/2020
2017 AWI Merino Husbandry Practices Survey
2334kB 27/02/2019
Benchmarking Australian Sheep Parasite Control – Cross-Sectional Analysis Report
3238kB 03/02/2014
Benchmarking Australian Sheep Parasite Control – Longitudinal Analysis Report February 2014
3705kB 04/02/2014

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Most Recent RD&E Technical Update

The following are presentations from the latest AWI Flystrike RD&E Technical Update held on the 10th August 2022.

1. 2022 Flystrike Forum Welcome & Intro – Bridget Peachey
7030kB 17/08/2022
2. 2022 Flystrike Forum Supply Chain Engagement – Emma Gittoes
39730kB 17/08/2022
3. 2022 Flystrike Forum Industry Strategy Plans – Scott Williams
1823kB 17/08/2022
4. 2022 Flystrike Forum NWD Update – Mark Grave & Kerry Hansford
1298kB 17/08/2022
5+6. 2022 Flystrike Forum Genetic Trends & Genomics – Geoff Lindon
2192kB 17/08/2022
7. 2022 Flystrike Forum Nanotechnology – Peter James
2491kB 17/08/2022
8. 2022 Flystrike Forum Flystrike Vaccine – Tony Vuocolo
6627kB 17/08/2022
9. 2022 Flystrike Forum Blowfly Chemical Resistance – Trent Perry
2989kB 17/08/2022
10. 2022 Flystrike Forum Blowfly Chemical Resistance – Narelle Sales
1519kB 17/08/2022
11. 2022 Flystrike Forum Blowfly Chemical Resistance – Brian Horton
1223kB 17/08/2022
12. 2022 Flystrike Forum Flystrike Extension Program – Emily King
2991kB 17/08/2022
13. 2022 Flystrike Forum ParaBoss for Producers – Adam Pate
2176kB 17/08/2022
14. 2022 Flystrike Forum MLA Flystrike Projects – Michael Laurence
1032kB 17/08/2022

Presentations from past Flystrike Prevention RD&E Updates are available here.

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Other Publications

Wool Market
NWD Wool Market – September 2020 Beyond the Bale article
114kB 13/11/2020
Premiums and discounts for mulesing status - September 2018 Beyond the Bale article
84kB 11/09/2018
General Sheep Health & Welfare Publications
Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines

National Animal Welfare RDE Strategy

National Animal Biosecurity RDE Strategy

Sheep Sustainability Framework

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Articles That Might Interest You

Current Research
An overview of the AWI flystrike program and its progress. Read more
Breeding and Selection for Flystrike Resistance
Breeding for more flystrike resistant sheep plays a critical role in controlling flystrike in non-mulesed flocks as well as reducing the risk of flystrike in mulesed sheep. Read more
Analgesia and Anaesthesia
Options for alleviating pain associated with surgical husbandry practices. Read more
Management Practices
Welfare improved management practices to reduce the risk of flystrike. Read more
AWI Flystrike Extension Program
AWI’s Flystrike Extension Program supports woolgrowers in improving the lifetime welfare of their sheep, reducing their reliance on mulesing and crutching, optimising chemical use and increasing whole farm profitability through the provision of practical information and tools and access to accredited advisor support. Read more
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