Prescription of Effective Tick Destroying Agents (L.N. No. 187 of 2010)

LEGAL NOTICE NO. 187 THE CATTLE CLEANSING ACT (Cap. 358) PRESCRIPTION OF EFFECTIVE TICK DESTROYING AGENTS IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Cattle Cleansing Act, the Director of Veterinary Services prescribes the following preparation, details of which are specified in the Schedule, to be effective tick destroying agents for the purposes of the Act. SCHEDULE 1. A suspension in water of “ACTRAZ 12.5 per cent” brand of diamidine, N-Methylbis (2, 4 xylylimonomethyl) amine containing not less than 0.025 per cent active principle when such a suspension is used for cattle cleansing by hand spraying only at intervals of not more than seven days. 2. A suspension in water of “EX-KUPE 50 per cent” brand of deltamethrine,(S)-cyano 3phenoxybenzyl-( 1R, 3 R)- 3-2, 2-(dibromovinyl- 2,2-dimethyl cyclopropanecarboxylate, containing not less than 0.005 per cent active principle when such a suspension is used for cattle cleansing by hand spraying only at intervals of not more than seven days. Dated the 28th October, 2010. P. M. ITHONDEKA, Director of Veterinary Services.