Review of 50 years of sheep blowfly research now published! 

This review covers research on sheep blowfly genetics, genomics, IPM, insecticide resistance, immunological control,  and breeding sheep for resistance to flystrike. In our section we describe past efforts on sheep blowfly genetic control and discuss potential use of the male-only strains we have made. Full details: Sandeman, R. M., Levot, G., Heath, A. G., James, P. J., Greeff, J. C., Scott, M. J. and Bowles, V. M. (2014) Control of the Sheep Blowfly – are we there yet?, Int. J. Parasitol.,Volume 44, Issue 12, 15 October 2014, Pages 879–891. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.08.009