pubdate：2018-08-05 source：Eastern Along Pharmaceutical C
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported its first outbreak of the deadly African swine fever (ASF) on Last Friday, as authorities in Liaoning province in the country’s northeast culled almost 1,000 hogs and rushed to control the highly contagious disease.
African Swine Fever (ASF) is a highly contagious, generalized disease of pigs caused by an Iridovirus of family Asfarviridae that exhibits varying virulence between strains and is very hardy to physical and chemical inactivation. No vaccine exists to combat this virus. It does not affect humans nor does it affect other animal species other than pigs and wild boars. The clinical manifestations are fever, skin cyanosis, lymph nodes, kidney and gastrointestinal mucosa bleeding significantly. Mortality is usually close to 100 percent and pigs of all ages are affected.
Figure 1 The infection pathway of ASF.
Figure 1 showed that ASF can be transmitted by direct contact with infected pig and boar, contaminated materials and livestock transport trucks, feeding contaminated food, soft tick.
Soft tick which is the main in vitro blood-sucking parasite in swine is the main biological vector of African Swine Fever(ASF). Therefore, control soft tick can be one of the effective control measure of African Swine Fever.
For the effective control of soft tick, the product AltMac is recommended:
AltMac is an emulsifiable concentrate containing Amitraz 12.5% W/V. It is active against a broad spectrum of ticks, mites (mange), lice, etc.
Manufacturer: Eastern Along Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
Main Ingredients: Amitraz, synergists, surfactants, emollients, etc.
Feature
•Broad-spectrum anti-ectoparasite.
•Long duration of efficacy.
Advantage
• Eliminates ticks in all their parasitic states (larvae, nymphs and adults).
• Rapidly kill mites. Animal recover after 4 days administration.
• Efficacy of single dosage can last for 2-3 months.
• Safety and environment-friendly
• Moisturizes the skin.
Benefit
• AltMac can effectively control ticks, especially those resistant to organophosphates and pyrethroids. Also AltMac can also reduce parasite reinfestation and inhibit oviposition to reduce reinfestation.
• AltMac is a product of low toxicity, use at the recommended doses it does not produce any problem. The recommended concentrations are perfectly tolerable for bovines of all ages from newborns to pregnant females.
• Cost saving. Applying AltMac to sow, cost 0.166 dollar/sow/time,0.498-0.664 dollar/sow/year. AltMac keeps sows away from mites which improves farm conomic benefits.
Indications
Ø For prevention and control of ectoparasitic infestations like ticks, mites, lice and keds in cattle, sheep, goat, camel and pig.
Ø AltMac also kills the organochlorine, organophosphate and pyrethroid resistant strains of ectoparasites.
Directions For Use
•AltMac 12.5% to be used as spray or dip treatment.
•Spray / dipping: Make a premix by adding required quantity of AltMac in a smaller volume of water.Stir thoroughly and then make up the balance quantity of water to make the final spray/dipping solution.Spray/dipping the whole animal body until thoroughly wet.
Usage and Dosage
