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World-first facility producing sterile sheep blowflies on Kangaroo Island

SA Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Clare Scriven inside the Kangaroo Island sterile blowfly production plant with technician Heather Baldock and SARDI entomologist and facility manager Helen Brodie. (Stan Gorton: 428819)
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Eradication of sheep blowflies on Kangaroo Island is closer, with the $3.45 million world-first demountable sterile blowfly breeding facility now […]

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