Useful links - flystrike information and resources

Breech Strike Genetics Newsletter 

This is the newsletter for the Breech Strike Genetics Project, which is a collaborative research effort of CSIRO Animal, Food and Health sciences, Armidale, NSW and Department of Agriculture and Food WA
supported by Australian Wool Innovation Limited.

Resources from Australian Wool Innovation

Presentations—click the links below to download presentations on research into breeding for flystrike resistance:

• Breeding for Breech Strike Resistance - update of results - December 2010 (PDF 452Kb).
• Breeding Sheep for Breech Strike Resistance - April 2010 (PDF 408Kb).
• Update on Breech strike project at Mt Barker research station WA 2012 (PDF 1.7Mb).
• Breeding for Breech Flystrike Resistance - Project results update 2012 (PDF 396Kb).

Booklet—43 pages

Managing Breech Flystrike (PDF 1.6Mb).

Chemical apps to help farmers

BUSY farmers can now search for suitable chemicals to use on pests and weeds on the run, thanks to an iPhone application.

Flystrike assist app for iPhone

Links to organisations

• Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
• Department of Agriculture & Food, Western Australia (DAFWA)
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Queensland (DAFF)
• Department of Primary Industries, Victoria (DPI VIC)
• Department of Primary Industries and Resources, South Australia (PIRSA)
• Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA)
• NSW Department of Industry & Investment (I&I NSW)
• Sheep CRC Ltd
• Sheep Genetics (SG)
• Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research (TIAR)