Usually means: Removing skin to prevent flystrike.
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  1. mulesing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. mulesing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. mulesing: Wordnik
  4. mulesing: Wiktionary
  5. mulesing: Dictionary.com
  6. Mulesing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. mulesing: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. mulesing: Medical dictionary

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  1. mulesing: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Mulesing)

noun:  (also known as 'live lamb cutting') the removal of strips of wool-bearing skin from around the breech (buttocks) of a sheep to prevent the parasitic infection flystrike (myiasis).


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