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    • Welcome to LiceBoss
  • About Lice
    • Introduction to About Lice
    • Biology of Lice
    • Economic effects of lice
    • LiceBoss online learning
      • Sheep lice
      • Preventing new lice infestations
      • Checking for lice
      • Treatment - Application methods
      • Treatment - Pesticide treatments
      • Treatment - Pesticide resistance
      • Treatment - Pesticide residues in wool
      • Treatment - Safe use of pesticides
  • Preventing Lice
    • Introduction to Preventing Lice
    • Sheep lice Biosecurity can prevent introduction
    • Stock introduction and quarantine policies
  • Monitoring
    • Introduction to Monitoring
    • Monitoring for lice
    • Causes of rubbing in sheep
    • Itch mite in sheep
  • Treating
    • Introduction to Treating
    • Lice treatment products
    • Lice and Flystrike Products
    • Application methods
      • Backlining
      • Plunge and cage dipping
      • Shower dipping
      • Hand jetting
    • Sheep lice treatments - chemical group characteristics
    • Sheep lice control for ewes and lambs
    • Avoiding dermo at dipping
    • Control of body lice (Bovicola ovis) on shedding and hair breeds of sheep
    • Product label terminology
  • Resistance, Residues & Safety
    • Introduction to Resistance, Residues & Safety
    • Pesticide resistance
      • Free tests: are your lice resistant to chemicals?
    • Meat and wool residues
      • Withholding periods for worm, lice and fly treatments for sheep
    • Safety
  • Tools
    • Introduction to Tools
    • Treatment Decision Guide
    • Lice and Flystrike Products
    • Solve Your Current Lice Issue
    • Long Wool Lice Tool
    • Rubbing Tool
    • Short Wool Lice Tool
    • Ewe/Lamb Treatments Tool
    • Treatment Factors Tool
    • Wool Residue Tool

Links

The following  links have been provided to enable easy access to other relevant sites.

Specific information

  • Chemical labels
  • Meat Withholding Periods and Export Slaughter Intervals (toward bottom of page)
  • AVPMA Pubcris database of agricultural and veterinary chemicals
  • Material Safety Data Sheets
  • EU eco-label standards
  • FLICS Conference papers
DownloadAWI Manual: LiceSense-get up to scratch (962 KB)

 

State agricultural agencies

Once at the site, find the search option and type in ‘lice’.

  • New South Wales
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia

Chemical company websites

  • Ancare
  • Bayer
  • Coopers Animal Health/MSD
  • Elanco
  • 4Farmers
  • Jurox
  • Novartis
  • Virbac
  • WSD

Sheep producer networks

  • Sheep Connect (TAS)
  • Sheep Connect (NSW) 
  • Sheep Connect (SA)
  • Leading Sheep (QLD)
  • The Sheep’s Back (WA)
  • Best Wool/Best Lamb (VIC)
  • Bestprac (Pastoral areas) 
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