Patent ID: 8808717

Claim:
A method for treating a non-human mammal infested with an ectoparasite, the method comprising topically administrating to the non-human mammal an effective amount of a composition consisting of 4-chloro-3-ethyl-1-methyl-N-[4-(p-tolyloxy)benzyl]pyrazole-5-carboxamide or a salt thereof, wherein the ectoparasite is selected from the group consisting of ticks, lice, flies and fleas, selecting from Boophilus spp. Rhipicephalus spp, Dermacentor spp, Hyalomma spp, Amblyomma spp, Otoblus spp, Ornithodoros spp, Damalinia spp, Bovicola spp, the order Diptera or Ctenocephalides spp, and wherein the non-human mammal is selected from the group consisting of livestock and domestic mammals.