COOPERS SHEEP LICE CONTROL CHART LICE CONTROL CHART

Wool Length
Short Wool (<6 weeks wool)1
Time of
Application
Long Wool (>6 weeks wool)2
LICE CONTROL CHART
6 weeks10
6 weeks-10½ months
months
wool
wool
Long Wool (>6 weeks wool)2
COOPERS SHEEP LICE CONTROL CHART
Freshly shorn
(<24 hours after shearing)
Wool Length
Application
Time of
Method
Wool
Length
Application
Time of
Application
Application
Method
Speed of
Lice Control
Application
Method
Speed of
Lice Control
Products
Short Wool (<6 weeks wool)1
High
Volume
Spray-on
Ready-to-Use
Backliner
BackPlunge/Shower Dip
Freshly
shorn
1
weeks wool
Short
Wool (<6
linerweeks wool)2-6
(<24 hours after
shearing)
Mixing
required
6 weeks-6 months
Ready- wool
to-Use
Hand
BackJetting
liner
6 weeks10
months
Readywool
to-Use
Backliner
Slow11
Readyto-Use
Backliner 11
Rapid Knockdown
Hand
Jetting
Medium
Readyto-Use
Backliner
Slow11
Slow
Medium
Rapid Knockdown
Slow11
IGR
Slow
IGR
Medium
SP
Rapid Knockdown
ML6
ML
Hand Jetting
PARAMAX®
BLOWFLY
AND LICE
5
OP
2
months8
IGR
6
months
OP
6
months
IGR
6
months
IGR
6
months
SP
2
months8
ML6
6 weeks
ML
6 weeks
Nil93
IGR
4
3 SP
days
5
21OP
days
Nil
IGR
14OP
days
42
IGR10
days
Nil
IGR
Nil
SP
6
7ML
days
7 ML
days
Wool
WiThhoLdinG
eSi7
PeriodS
6
months
Nil9
2
8
months
14 days
2
8
months
21 days
6
months
Nil
6
months
42
days
6
42
months
days10
6
months
Nil
2
8
months
7 days
6 weeks
7 days
6 weeks
7 days
Meat
Wool
Nil9
6
months
3 days
2
months8
21 days
2
months8
Nil
6
months
14 days
6
months
42
days
6 10
months
Nil
6
months
Nil
2
months8
7 days
6 weeks
7 days
6 weeks
eSi7
Meat
Nil9
Nil9
14 days
3 days
21 days
21 days
Nil
Nil
42 days
14 days
42
days
42 10
days10
Nil
Nil
7 days
Nil
7 days
7 days
7 days
7 days
WiThhoLdinG
Chemical
PeriodS
Meat
Group
1. P roducts registered for lice control in short wool sheep are capable of achieving lice
eradication if administered correctly to susceptible lice strains. However, to obtain their lice
7
9
eSicontrol
Nildemonstrate
14detectable
days lice at2120days
Nil
claim, trials had to
no
weeks after treatment.
2. T o obtain a long wool lice control claim, trials had to demonstrate >95% reduction in lice
numbers following treatment. If these products are used the farmer will need to treat these sheep
again after shearing with either an off-shears backliner or short wool dip.
3. Insect Growth Regulator.
4. Synthetic Pyrethroid.
5. Organophosphate.
6. Macrocyclic Lactone.
7. Export Slaughter Interval.
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VANQUISH®
4
SP
2
months8
Chemical
Products
Group
Wool
lice)
STRIKE®
3
IGR
6
months
Products
WiThhoLdinG
PeriodS
MAGNUM®
ASSASSIN®
Hand Jetting
STRIKE®
Slow
6 weeks-10½ months
wool
EUREKA
GOLD®
2-6 weeks wool
Slow
Dip
(upPlunge/Shower
to 14
weeks
are
Rapid
required
Knockfor
down
sheep
to
Plunge/Shower
Dip
be lice
free)
Slow
(up to 14
weeks
are
Rapid
required
Knockfor
down
Slowto
sheep
(up
to
14
be lice
weeks
free)
are
Rapid
required
Knockfor
down
IGR
OP
sheep to
be lice
free)
CLOUT-S®
High
Freshly shorn
Rapid
Volume
(<24 hours
after
shearing)
Medium
knockSpray-on
Slow
(up to 6
down
Ready-to-Use
Backliner
Back(up to 14
weeks
(up
to 6
liner
weeks
are
weeks
Mixing
are
High
required
are
required
required
Volume
to
required
for
Spray-on
control
to
sheep to
Ready-to-Use
Backliner
Backsuscontrol
be lice
Rapid
liner
ceptible
susfree)
Medium
knockMixing
lice)
ceptible
Slow
(up
to
6
down
required
lice)
(up to 14
weeks
(up to 6
weeks
are
weeks
are
required
are
required
Rapid
to
required
for
Medium
knockcontrol
to
Slowto
sheep
(up
to 6
down
suscontrol
(up
to
14
be lice
weeks
(up
to 6
ceptible
susweeks
free)
are
weeks
lice)
ceptible
are
required
are
lice)
required
to
required
for
3
4
IGR
SP
OP
control
to5
sheep to
suscontrol
be lice
ceptible
susfree)
lice)
ceptible
ReadyReady6to-Use
weeksto-Use
Hand
Hand Jetting
6 weeks-6 months
10
6 weeks-10½
months
BackJetting
BackLong
Wool
(>6
weeks wool)2
months
wool
liner wool
liner
wool
MAGNUM®
Speed of
Lice
Control
Chemical
Group
2-6 weeks wool
6 weeks-6 months
wool
8. These products have a default 2 month wool withholding period whilst the APVMA Sheep
Ectoparasite42
review is being finalised.
42 days
Nil
10
9. When used
off-shears.
days
7 days
7 days
10.When used on long wool sheep.
11.Aids in the control of body lice infestations when used at long wool rate.
7 days
SHEEP LICE CONTROL CHEMICALS
AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA
Chemical Group
Application Timing
and Method
Features
Coopers Products
Non Coopers
Products
Organophos-phate
(OP)
Synthetic Pyrethroid
(SP)
Insect Growth
Regulator (IGR)
Off shears high
volume pour-on
backliner
Off shears pour-on
backliner
Off shears pour-on
backliner
Hand jetting in long Plunge/shower dip
wool sheep
in short wool
(>6 weeks wool)
(<6 weeks wool)
Short wool
saturation dip
Long wool pour-on
backliner
Plunge/shower dip
in short wool
(<6 weeks wool)
Plunge/shower dip
in short wool
(<6 weeks wool)
Hand jetting in long
wool sheep
(>6 weeks wool)
Off shears/Long
wool pour-on
backliner
Kill lice quickly after Kill susceptible lice
contact
quickly after contact
Macrocyclic
Lactone (ML)
Prevents the
Kill lice quickly after Causes rapid and
development of
contact
severe dehydration
immature lice
of lice
following treatment.
Up to 14 weeks are
required for sheep
to be lice free.
Eureka Gold
Clout-S
Magnum
Paramax
Multi-Purpose
Concentrate
for Sheep
ASSASSIN
Vanquish
Strike
Coopers
blowfly and
lice
Wham*
Off shears:
Cypercare*;
Outflank*; Spurt*;
Kleenklip*;
4 Farmers
Cypermethrin 25
Backliners: Zapp*;
Magik*; Triffik*;
Clipguard*; Virbac
IGR Pour-On; Epic*;
Exit*; 4 Farmers
Triflumuron 25;
WSD Command
Pour-On; Exilice*;
Stampede*;
Cannon*
Extinosad*
Pour-On; Zinjet*
Saturation Dips:
Fleececare*;
Crusader*;
Duodip*
Notes on Rotation
Rotation is the process of alternating chemicals from different chemical groups.
Therefore, to rotate, you should be using a product from another chemical group,
not just a different brand from within the same chemical group.
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Magnesium
Fluorosilicate
N/A
Flockmaster* MKII;
Splash;
X-Lice Washdown*