Control of Sucking Lice
AssigneeMicrobial Products Ply Ltd.
InventorsDudley Edwin Pinnock, David John Cooper
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Abstract
The invention describes the use of a microbial preparation of one or more bacteria, for example of the genus Bacillus in the manufacture of a formulation as a medicament for the treatment and prevention of infestation of sucking lice from the order Phthiraptera, Anoplura, Rhynchophthirina and/or Pediculidae. The medicament can be applied to plumage, pelage or hair to control sucking lice.
Claims23
1-7. (canceled)
A composition for killing human lice and/or their eggs comprising a bacterium of the genus Bacillus or any combination of the cells, and cell components including proteins, spores, membranes, membrane-bound proteins, membrane-enzymes and/or metabolites, free pathogenic metabolites thereof, wherein a bacterium of the genus Bacillus or a metabolite thereof are each present in an amount effective to kill human lice and/or their eggs;
- and a carrier for topical application.
An anti-lice lotion comprising an effective amount of a bacterium of the genus Bacillus or a metabolite thereof, a conditioner and a liquid carrier.
A method of treating a sucking lice infestation, in both mature and immature forms, including:
- (a) topically applying a composition comprising a bacterium of the genus Bacillus or any combination of the cells, and cell components including proteins, spores, membranes, membrane-bound proteins, membrane-enzymes and/or metabolites, free pathogenic metabolites thereof to the infestation;
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- (b) allowing the composition to remain on the infestation for at least about five minutes.
A pediculicidal hair conditioner formulation comprising as an active ingredient an effective amount of a bacterium of the genus Bacillus or a metabolite thereof, a conditioner and water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.