Australian veterinary journal · 2012
Prevalence of breech-strike in mulesed, clipped and unmulesed Merino hoggets in south-eastern Australia.
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Larsen J W A, Tyrell L D, Anderson N
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: To compare the prevalence of breech flystrike ('breech-strike') on 12-20-month-old Merino hoggets that were mulesed, had breech and tail clips applied ('clipped') or were left unmulesed but treated strategically with long-acting insecticide.
DESIGN: A cohort study on three farms in southern Victoria.
METHODS: Three treatment groups were established at lamb marking on each farm. The unmulesed group was treated with dicyclanil when 12 months old in September or October ('early-season treatment'). The prevalence of breech-strike and key risk factors, including soiling of the breech with faeces ('dag') and urine ('stain'), and breech wrinkle, were compared between the groups.
RESULTS: Over all the farms, breech-strike occurred on 1.1% of mulesed sheep and 7.7% of clipped sheep. Clipped sheep had a relative risk of breech-strike of 18.2-, 16.8- and 3.0-fold that of mulesed sheep on the three farms. Unmulesed sheep treated with dicyclanil had a similar prevalence of breech-strike to that of mulesed sheep (overall 0.9%, range 0-2.5%), but had significantly more dag, stain and wrinkle.
CONCLUSION: Early-season treatment of unmulesed sheep prevented most breech-strikes during the spring and early summer, and offers a short- to medium-term option for the control of breech-strike in south-eastern Australia. There were some benefits associated with using clips, namely less dag and stain, and a shorter time spent crutching. However, to control breech-strike the clipped sheep should be treated the same as unmulesed sheep. Reducing the prevalence and severity of dag will be a major component of strategies to control breech-strike of Merinos in this region.
DESIGN: A cohort study on three farms in southern Victoria.
METHODS: Three treatment groups were established at lamb marking on each farm. The unmulesed group was treated with dicyclanil when 12 months old in September or October ('early-season treatment'). The prevalence of breech-strike and key risk factors, including soiling of the breech with faeces ('dag') and urine ('stain'), and breech wrinkle, were compared between the groups.
RESULTS: Over all the farms, breech-strike occurred on 1.1% of mulesed sheep and 7.7% of clipped sheep. Clipped sheep had a relative risk of breech-strike of 18.2-, 16.8- and 3.0-fold that of mulesed sheep on the three farms. Unmulesed sheep treated with dicyclanil had a similar prevalence of breech-strike to that of mulesed sheep (overall 0.9%, range 0-2.5%), but had significantly more dag, stain and wrinkle.
CONCLUSION: Early-season treatment of unmulesed sheep prevented most breech-strikes during the spring and early summer, and offers a short- to medium-term option for the control of breech-strike in south-eastern Australia. There were some benefits associated with using clips, namely less dag and stain, and a shorter time spent crutching. However, to control breech-strike the clipped sheep should be treated the same as unmulesed sheep. Reducing the prevalence and severity of dag will be a major component of strategies to control breech-strike of Merinos in this region.