A guide to veterinary pesticides : a key for veterinary workers to livestock pesticide nomenclature in the literature and in commerce, with notes on usage / Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Date:
1977
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Credit: A guide to veterinary pesticides : a key for veterinary workers to livestock pesticide nomenclature in the literature and in commerce, with notes on usage / Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Names and examples Orthorix Calcium polysulphides (Calcium tetrasulphide + penta- sulphide (<30%)) with calcium thiosulphides. (small amounts). Use Application Mainly overseas (e.g., Australia) in Aqueous, up to 5%. sheep dips for fungicidal/ectoparasite control. Lice treatment (poultry etc.). Dusts at about 2%. An old-style product widely used for Caustic and unpleasant. crop pests but largely superseded for livestock. Suppliers Various formulators: traditional use since 19th century. Oral L.D.50: a.i. is elemental S, (see 59) — no evidence of toxicity. Chemical names CaS,, CaS,, CaS, and CaS; 1 oO