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Modern spray dip

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Modern spray dip

Dipping of sheep to control body lice is usually done soon after shearing on many sheep farms, and is relatively easy with modern spray dips. Sheep should be dipped annually to prevent a build-up in lice numbers.

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Gary Clark, Neville Grace and Ken Drew, Diseases of sheep, cattle and deer – Sheep external parasites and fungal diseases, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17444/modern-spray-dip (accessed 8 June 2026).

Story by Gary Clark, Neville Grace and Ken Drew, published 1 March 2009.