Methods for inhibiting insect infestations
AssigneeEli Lilly and Company
InventorsAmy Louise Marr, Jeffery Alan Meyer, Katherine Ann Meyer, Jane Granville Owens, Tandy Elizabeth Paarlberg, Daniel Earl Snyder, Joseph Raymond Winkle
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Abstract
Provided are 3 methods and formulations using feed-through administration and dosing of spinosyns for controlling biting or nuisance insects on animals, for controlling equine feces-dependent insects, and for preventing internal infestation of bot larvae in equine animals.
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A method of controlling an equine feces-dependent insect which comprises orally administering an effective feed-through amount of a spinosyn to an equine animal for a sufficient time, wherein said administration is in the form of a tablet, capsule, bolus, solution, paste, gel, feed, premix, suspension, or elixir, and said effective feed-through amount results in said spinosyn being present in said feces of said equine animal in an amount of about 2 to about 50 ppm.
A feed-through dose oral formulation for a mammal comprising an effective feed-through amount of a spinosyn, and a physiologically acceptable carrier, in an oral dosage form adapted for feed-through administration, wherein said formulation comprises about 0.1 to about 10 mg of the spinosyn per kg of body weight of said mammal.
A method of controlling biting or nuisance insects on, or preventing internal infestation of bot larvae in, a mammal comprising orally administering a feed-through amount of a spinosyn to said mammal for a sufficient time, wherein said feed-through amount is between about 0.1 and about 10 mg/kg of mammal body weight.
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