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Wool maggots

wool maggot

The larva of one of several species of blowflies which deposit eggs on sheep, causing myiasis.

Synonym: fleece worm.


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... of Animals (PETA) has called for a worldwide boycott of Australian wool over mulesing, where folds of skin are cut away from a lamb's backside ... area develops. This prevents the potentially fatal flystrike, where maggots hatch and burrow into the skin. Accumulations of urine and faeces ...

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