CPC A23K 50/80 (2016.05) [A23K 20/121 (2016.05); A61P 31/04 (2018.01); A61P 31/10 (2018.01); A61P 33/00 (2018.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of controlling, preventing, and/or treating sea lice infections and/or infestations or copepod infections and/or infestations of fish, said method comprising:
administering to fish infected or infested with sea lice or copepods a fish feed comprising a neem extract rich in azadirachtin A, the neem extract comprising (% w/w):
(i) 34% w/w of Azadirachtin A;
(ii) about 5.5% w/w of Azadirachtin B;
(iii) about 2.1% w/w of Azadirachtin D;
(iv) 1.0% w/w or less of w/w Azadirachtin E;
(v) 1.0% w/w or less of Azadirachtin F;
(vi) 1.0% w/w or less of Azadirachtin G;
(vii) about 2.3% w/w of Azadirachtin H;
(viii) about 0.8% w/w of Azadirachtin I;
(ix) less than 2.0% w/w Azadirachtin K and other Azadirachtins; and
(x) about 2.0% w/w of Azadirachtinin; and
wherein the neem extract rich in azadirachtin A is present in the fish feed at a concentration of from about 0.1 grams to 100 grams azadirachtin A per kilogram of fish feed.
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