Feed and methods for controlling tick infestations in a mammal
AssigneeIn the Bowl Animal Health, Inc.
InventorsRobin S. Readnour, Kevin E. Willard, Joseph R. Winkle
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Abstract
An oral animal feed and a method of controlling ticks in a mammal in need thereof by orally administering to the mammal an effective amount of a spinosyn for an effective time to thereby cause the amount of spinosyn in the mammal's blood to rise to and maintain at a therapeutically effective level for controlling ticks.
Claims21
A method of controlling a tick infestation in a mammal in need thereof, comprising orally administering to said mammal an effective amount of a spinosyn for an effective time at a frequency of at least 4 times per month.
A feed or a chew for a mammal, comprising a feed selected from the group consisting of:
- a chew, a dry feed and a wet feed;
- and
- at least one spinosyn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.