Treating flystruck sheep
Summary
Ideally, a flystrike dressing should stop damage to the sheep, kill all larvae to prevent resistance and reduce future blowfly populations, and prevent restrike on the dressed area for sufficient time to allow the wound to heal.
Most registered flystrike dressing labels stipulate that the struck wool and a 50 mm barrier around the strike be shorn close to the skin before the dressing is applied.
This removes many larvae, opens the struck area so that all maggot trails are found, helps to dry the area, and ensures that less wool is treated with insecticides. Wool clippings should be placed into a sealed bag to kill maggots but otherwise left untreated.
This Primefact provides the results from trials as well as current recommendations for treating flystruck sheep.
