crutching

Go down and give Mario a hand out with the crutching.

Crutching has to be repeated at regular intervals as the wool grows continuously.

Get down and go on with that crutching.'

Frequent crutching of Merinos reduces the incidence of flystrike, but not as much as mulesing.

Crutching is different to mulesing where part of the wrinkled skin is removed, although they are closely related in that mulesed sheep require much less crutching.

Another example is the crutching of sheep, which involves the removal of wool from around the tail and between the rear legs, which is a favourable environment for the larvae.