Help Lab Mice Fight Mites
Efficacy
MITEARREST® can eradicate the most severe infestations. The acaricide used is highly toxic to mites.
Ease of Use
No dips, dusts or injections are needed and treatment is verifiable!
Cost-Effectiveness
MITEARREST® is extremely affordable. Coupled with the reduction in time to treat animals, it literally pays for itself.
Reduces Animal Stress
Other mite removal treatments involve excessive handling and hazardous methods. MITEARREST® removes these stresses and dangers and satisfies the natural nesting instincts of lab rodents.
MITEARREST®
Fur mites on laboratory rodents present a dangerous and sometimes deadly threat. MITEARREST® is an insecticidal bedding developed at Harvard University for the control and prevention of invasive acarids. MITEARREST® is the easiest to use, most effective and least expensive option available to eradicate fur mites.
MITEARREST® enlists the natural nesting instincts of lab rodents to deliver a potent yet safe acaricide to the fur of the animal. When added to standard bedding material, MITEARREST® is readily accepted by the rodents and quickly turned into nests. Existing mites are killed through constant contact with the treated bedding and MITEARREST® will kill new mites as they hatch from their eggs.
Why Use MITEARREST®?
Stop wasting valuable technician time treating each rodent with risky dips, spot treatments, and injections. MITEARREST® consists of individual cotton balls impregnated with permethrin that are placed directly into the rodent’s cage. Animals readily accept MITEARREST® and quickly turn it into nests. Through constant contact with the treated cotton, not only are existing fur mites killed, it also eliminates new mites as they hatch.
Benefit
- Efficacy: MITEARREST® can eradicate the most severe infestations. The acaricide used is highly toxic to mites. Contact with
- MITEARREST® not only kills existing mites, it kills new mites emerging from eggs, and can prevent reinfestation of the colony from newly acquired animals.
- Ease of Use: Technicians add MITEARREST® to the cage when changing bedding materials. No dips, dusts or injections are needed and treatment is verifiable! Supervisors can tell if MITEARREST® is being used correctly by simply looking in the cage.
- Cost-Effectiveness: MITEARREST® is extremely affordable. Coupled with the reduction in time to treat animals, it literally pays for itself.
- Reduces Animal Stress: Other mite removal treatments involve excessive handling and hazardous methods. MITEARREST® removes these stresses and dangers and satisfies the natural nesting instincts of lab rodents.
Technical Data
MITEARREST® is shipped in boxes containing enough bedding to treat approximately 300 mice for the entire treatment cycle. MITEARREST® delivers only 1800mg of Permethrin per kg bodyweight, an amount that has been shown to be non-toxic to rodents.
Enhanced by the use of a proprietary manufacturing technology which binds most of the permethrin to the nesting material, MITEARREST® reduces the risk of permethrin absorption by lab technicians.
