The prevention and treatment of blowfly strike in sheep : report no. 2 / by the Joint Blowfly Committee (Appointed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the New South Wales Department of Agriculture).

Date:
1940
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Credit: The prevention and treatment of blowfly strike in sheep : report no. 2 / by the Joint Blowfly Committee (Appointed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the New South Wales Department of Agriculture). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FOREWORD. The Jomt Blowfly Committee has continued for some time to co-ordinate the research activities on the sheep blowfly problem carried out by officers of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research on the one hand and by officers of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture on the other. At the present time the members of the Committee are as follows :— L. B. Bull, D.V.Se., Chief, Division of Animal Health and Nutrition, C.S.1L.R. (Chairman). A. J. Nicholson, D.Se., Chief, Division of Economic Entomology, OS i. W.. dc Hindmarsh, MRO S:, BV.Se, DN. Director, Glenfield Veterinary Research Station, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales. H. G. Belschner, D.V.Sc., Senior Veterinary Surgeon, Depart- ment of Agriculture, New South Wales. T. McCarthy, Chief Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales. D. A. Gill, M.R.C.V.S., D.V.S.M., Officer in Charge, McMaster Animal Health Laboratory, Division of Animal Health and Nutrition, C.S.1.R. I. M. Mackerras, B.Sc., M.B., Ch.M., Division of Economie Entomology, C.S.I.R. (on active service abroad). The Committee has prepared the statement which is published in this Pamphlet for the guidance of graziers in the prevention and treatment of blowfly strike in sheep. It has been assisted in the preparation of the statement by the following officers :— M. J. Mackerras, M.Sc., M.B., Division of Economic Ento- mology, C.S.1L.R. J. H. Riches, B.Se.Agr., Ph.D., Division of Animal Health and Nutrition, C.S.I.R. Rk. N. McCulloch, B.Se., B.Sc.Agr., Department of Agriculture, New South Wales. There has been no attempt in this publication to place before readers the full evidence in support of the various recommendations made. Much of this evidence is to be found in publications already available, and references are made to the more comprehensive of these for the benefit of those who seek fuller information. The source of the information used in compiling the Pamphlet is thus revealed and acknowledged by the Committee. As far as possible the statement has been confined to an outline of the practical applications of existing knowledge in the prevention and treatment of fly strike. It is hoped that this will place the various methods in proper perspective and will serve, for the time being, as a guide to flock masters and others.