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Liv Casben

Nanotech to help fight against flystrike

Scientists in Queensland say new nanotechnology research could reduce deadly flystrike in sheep. (AAP)

Flystrike costs the Australian sheep industry $173m a year, but nano-particles less than a thousandth of a millimetre in size could soon make it a thing of the past.

Scientists from the University of Queensland say new research involving nanotechnology could reduce incidences of deadly flystrike in sheep.

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