SYSTEMIC TREATMENT OF BLOOD-SUCKING AND BLOOD-CONSUMING PARASITES BY ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF PARASITICIDAL AGENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide compositions that can be orally delivered to mammals comprising a parasiticidal agent to systemically control targeted blood-sucking or blood-consuming parasites, such as fleas, ticks and certain species of pinworms and scabies mites.SOLUTION: The invention provides a pharmaceutically acceptable single parasiticidal agent composition of a subtoxic amount of imidacloprid represented by the formula in the figure, which is a neonicotinoid effective as a parasiticidal agent. The single parasiticidal agent composition provides imidacloprid in a single dose level of 0.01 to 10 mg/kg, preferably 0.25 mg/kg, and is formulated as a chewable soft treat.SELECTED DRAWING: None