Most sheep are born with long tails that are docked at birth for sanitary reasons and to help prevent “fly strike”. Long tails often get covered in feces which attracts flies. Fly strike is ...

He added: “In fact, the sheep has been quite lucky, because the risk of myiasis is very high in such cases.” Myiasis, also known as fly strike, is a painful condition caused by blowfly larvae ...

Sheep farmers are advised to start checking for signs of blowfly strike and plan treatment for the blowfly season. An amber warning has been put in place ...