Example 5

At day 28, group 2 treated with a composition according to the present invention has further been infested with ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus). The dead ticks have been counted at day 28+24 hours after infestation and 48 hours after infestation.

TABLE 9
D29D30
Group 2 (AM)90.489.1
Group 2 (GM)96.195.9
Group 1 (AM)00
Group 1 (GM)00

It can be concluded that the composition according to the present invention is efficient enough to kill more than 90% of ticks at day 29, and still more than 89% of ticks at day 30.

All these results indicate the composition according to the present invention is efficient enough to repel, knock-down and kill mosquitoes, ticks and fleas during more than one month.

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