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Liv Casben

Maggot-munching goannas can help sheep with flystrike

University of Cambridge research has found heath goannas help keep blowfly numbers low. (HANDOUT/DR TOM JAMESON)

Australia's giant lizards could hold the key to help farmers reduce the number of sheep being infected by a painful and potentially fatal disease.

Flystrike costs Australian agriculture an estimated $280 million a year and occurs when blowfly larvae or maggots hatch on the sheep's skin and feed off the animal.

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