BLOWFLY PEST
selective breeding of sheep MAY REDUCE LOSSES A report issued by Ales si’s H. IT. Section, LeJschncr and C. E. Alurlicmn wh<_> for some months liave been ciihitgol in research work at Ny.ugiiii experimental farm, Australia, with a view to combating tlie* blowfly menace, states sonic* sheep. at e nid*i\. susceptible than others to the pest, and recommend a method ot selective breeding and culling sheep be adopted.
Tile, report adds: “The less from the Hy is so great that even if it could be i educed by a fraction it would be worth while. No one method c:'i.*i be anticipated to cope with the problem.
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 22 August 1931, Page 6
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