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单词 Mules operation
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Definition of Mules operation in English:

Mules operation

noun
Australian, NZ
  • The surgical removal of loose folds of skin from a sheep's hindquarters, designed to reduce the incidence of attack by blowflies.

    the most effective method for prevention of flystrike has been the Mules operation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Mules operation is often supplemented by including a tail-strip operation.
    • The Mules operation increased the bare area under the tail.
    • Unless the radical Mules operation is carried out, excessively short tails increase the predisposition of the sheep to crutch strike.
    • In the 1940s, the Mules operation was introduced to deal with breach wrinkles.
    • This study focussed attention on the usefulness of the Mules operation as a basic measure when considered in relation to other methods of fly control.
    • In Mules' operation, widely practiced in Australia, redundant folds of skin are removed from the posterior.
    • Mules operation did reduce the amount of daggy and stained wool.
    • The Mules operation will then assume a more prominent place in blowfly control.
    • There has been a marked increase in use of the mules operation in New South Wales.
    • Mules 'operation' suggests some degree of professional care, but it is in fact a mutilation.

Origin

1930s: from the name of J.H.W. Mules (1876–1946), the Australian sheep farmer who devised it.

 
 
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