Insecticide Use For Control Of External Parasites

Chapter 26: Appendix – Insecticide Use for Control of External Parasites A Good Example of Pesticide use: Controlling ticks There are several major methods of applying acaricides (tick medicines) and other pesticides:

1. Spraying: Using special equipment, some pesticides are mixed with a water solution and sprayed onto the animals.

1. Dust / Dust bags: Some pesticides are applied directly as dusts or put into bags that the animals rub against.

1. Backrubbers: Some dusts or liquids are mixed with oils and placed in backrubbers that the animals rub against.

1. Direct Applications: Using a cloth, sponge, or brush, some pesticides are directly applied to the area of skin where the parasites are present.

1. Pour-On: These insecticides can be poured on the back of the animal in small amounts. They are absorbed into the blood, and then kill external parasites located almost anywhere in, or feeding on, the body.

1. Dips: Some medicines are put into a water solution and the animals are bathed or dipped into the solution. This method requires a special tank in which to dip the animals.

1. Injections: There are injections like ivermectin that kill most internal and external parasites.