29th September 2023
ICAR- Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair received a patent for an invention entitled “Novel acaricide compositions for veterinary topical applications and the method of preparation thereof’’ under the Patents Act, 1970 (Patent No: 455756) today. The invention is a process for developing an oil-based herbal topical formulation as an acaricide to treat tick infestation in livestock.
Tick infestation causes physical damage to livestock, irritation, unrest, paralysis, or toxicosis and transmits blood-borne protozoan diseases. Chemical acaricidal application is the common method of tick control. However, these chemicals are toxic and may cause accidental poisoning, especially in children, residue problems in meat and milk, and environmental pollution. The development of resistance of ticks to these acaricides is always an emerging disadvantage of chemical acaricides.
This herbal-based formulation kills all stages of ticks in cattle and goats with less lethal time, is economically affordable to farmers, and safe to use in pregnant and lactating animals.
(Source: ICAR- Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair)
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