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.

单词	Mules operation
释义	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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