US 12,465,472 B2
Methods of insect control for an animal, products thereof and methods for their preparation
Nicholas Allan, Victoria (CA); Merle Olson, Victoria (CA); and Joseph Ross, Victoria (CA)
Assigned to CHINOOK CONTRACT RESEARCH INC., (CA)
Filed by Chinook Contract Research Inc., Victoria (CA)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/900,544.
Application 18/900,544 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CA2024/050216, filed on Feb. 22, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/486,396, filed on Feb. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0017714 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. A61D 7/00 (2006.01); A01K 27/00 (2006.01); A61D 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61D 7/00 (2013.01) [A01K 27/007 (2013.01); A61D 9/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A method for treating or controlling myiasis in an animal during castration, tail docking, umbilical cord ligation, or dehorning of the animal, the method comprising:
affixing to the animal an elastomeric band having infused or contained within an elastomeric material of the elastomeric band an active agent for the topical control of pain and an insecticide,
wherein the insecticide is an insect growth regulator, a macrocyclic lactone, a synthetic pyrethroid, an organophosphate, a spinosyn, a neonicotinoid, or any combination thereof;
wherein the affixing of the elastomeric band to the animal is proximate an existing wound site or an impending wound site; and
wherein the elastomeric band is capable of releasably delivering the insecticide locally to the existing wound site or the impending wound site to kill fly larvae absent substantial systemic distribution of the insecticide to a tissue of the animal more than 20 cm from the existing wound site or the impending wound site.