For advise on specific products, contact Afrivet Environmental Health Specialist Lewis Muhwati on email: lrmuhwati@yahoo.co.uk. Technical expertise is provided by qualified environmental health workers, by locally based field staff and by Afrivet's international partners, Bayer Environmental Science in South Africa and Ecomed in Zimbabwe. All relevant products marketed by the company in Zambia are registered with the Environmental Council of Zambia.
Disinfectants
Micro white disinfectant - Active ingredient Creosote and carbolic acid
Uses:
- Commonly referred to as toilet dip
- Suitable for disinfecting frequently used toilets and foot/wheel baths in biosecurity areas like poultry farms, sheds, abattoirs, stables, piggeries, poultry houses, cattle trucks and factories
- Recommended for drain, urinal, sink and sewer flushing
- Has excellent disinfecting properties
- Recommended for use in infectious disease control
Pynol disinfectant/sanitizer – active ingredient benzalkonium chloride 50% (dodigen)/tetra sodium edetate (irgalon ST)
Uses:
- High quality antiseptic for the medical profession, personal hygiene and general use
- This straw-coloured, pine-scented disinfectant/sanitizer is suitable for hospital use, office and home ablution facilities
- It is suitable for use as both a disinfectant and deodorant
- For household and general hygiene, it is used in flushing drains, sewers, sinks and urinals
- It is also used for sterilising hands as a germicide
- Also widely used in infectious disease control
Biodan 62 – active ingredient iodine
A dark reddish-brown biocide detergent for use in bio-security areas in animal husbandry, food and food processing premises.
Uses:
- Dairy - utensils, equipment, surface, cleaning and sterilising, cleaning and sterilising of bulk tanks
- In bio-security areas: foot and wheel baths
- In disease outbreaks
- Food processing industries
Bactergent powder – Active ingredient benzalkonium chloride (QAC)
A stable, free-flowing, whitish coarse powder containing quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC) with combined detergent and bacterial properties and free from any foreign matter.
Uses:
- Cleaning and sterilising all dairy equipment and utensils
- Bakeries and other food processing establishments: cleaning and sterilising
- Degreasing, cleaning and sterilising abattoir and butchery floors, equipment and utensils
- Cleaning and sterilising bulk containers, equipment and utensils in opaque beer brewing industry establishments
- Crocodile ponds – cleaning and sterilising
Afri-biopit (For the biological remediation and maintenance of pit-latrines) – Ingredients proprietary blend of microbes, surfactants and emulsifiers
Direction for use
Mix 2 sachets or more in water – 5l and then add to the pit/long drop. Additional water will assist the bio-activity in neglected pits that have a hard surface cake. If the surface can be broken up with a long stick, this will further assist the efficacy of the treatment. Add 1 sachet weekly as a maintenance dose.
Insecticides for crawling insects
Cislin SC – Active ingredient deltamethrin (pyrethroid)
Controls flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, bedbugs, fish moths, tobacco beetles and ants
Maxforce gel
Controls adult and nymphal stages cockroaches
Maxforce IC – Active ingredient Imidacloprid (chloro-nicotinyl) 21.5 g/kg
Controls German cockroaches
Application
10-20 spots/10m2. 3mm in diameter spot equates to 0.25g of bait
Treatment
Replace gel after 12 weeks or sooner if required
Neopybuthrin fogging oil – Active ingredient permethrin (synthetic pyrethroid) 3.0g/l (25/75 cis/trans isomer), d-allethrin (pyrethroid), 1,5g/l/piperonyl butoxide 3.0 g/l
Controls cockroaches, house flies and moths found in bakeries, kitchens, warehouses and food processing plants. It also controls ants, bedbugs, mosquitoes, fish moths, fleas, tobacco beetle and other stored product pests.
Application
- Misting - flying insects 1l/3000m3
- Fogging - flying insects 1l/3000m3
- Crawling insects - 2l/1000m3
Residual action
Up to 1 week
Reskol EC – active ingredient fenitrothio (organophoshate) 533g/l
Controls bed bugs, mosquitoes, ants, fleas and mosquito larvae.
Application
Cockroaches, bedbugs and fleas – Initial 250ml Reskol/5l of water and spray harbourages, walls, carpets, floors and cupboards at a rate 5l mix/100m2. Routine 40ml Reskol/l of water and spray interior walls and eaves at a rate of 5l mix per 100m2. Residual 6 months
- Mosquitoes – Initial 125ml Reskol/5l of water and spray interior walls and eaves at a rate of 5l mix per 100m2. Routine 40ml Reskol/5l of water and spray at a rate of 5l mix/100m2. Residual 3-4 months
- Ants – 125ml Reskol/5l of water and spray walls and skirting at a rate of 5l mix per 100m2
- Hides and skin beetles – 35ml/5l of water and spray hides and skins as well as walls and floors
- Mosquito larvae – 10ml Reskol/5l of water and spray 60-120l mix per hectare of water where the average depth is 8cm (where deeper, proportionately increase)
Residual action
6 months
Stored product protection
Shumba Supermax dust – Active ingredients fenitrothion (organosphate) 10g/kg and deltamethrin (pyrethroid) 1.3g/kg
Controls stored grain insect pests including weevils, large and lesser grain borer, moths, dried bean beetles. It also controls ants and cockroaches.
Application
- Stored grain – Mix 25g of Shumba super dust of shelled grain on a plastic protected or cement plastered surface and mix thoroughly with aid of a shovel.
- Ants – Sprinkle Shumba onto nest entrances and trails
- Cockroaches – Sprinkle Shumba freely onto problem areas
Protection period
A single treatment at the time of storage protects stored grain for 12 months
Insecticides for flying insects
Active Wefconatic Aerosol – Active ingredient pyrethrum 15g/kg and piperonyl (synergist) 150g/kg
Wefco Active Wefcomatic Aerosol is a metered insecticide aerosol developed for the control of flies and mosquitoes. Wefco Active Wefcomatic Aerosol is designed for use with the Wefco Active Metered aerosol Dispenser to provide 24-hour control of flies and mosquitoes for a 30 day period under continuous operation.
Application
- Residential dwellings
- Commercial and office premises
- Shopping complexes, supermarkets and retail catering establishment
- Hospitality industry
- Food processing, packaging and storage facilities
Coopex Mosquito Larvicide EC – Active ingredient permethrin (synthetic pyrethroid) 20g/l (25/75 cis/trans-isomer)
Application
Dilute 12.5-25ml of Coopex Mosquito Larvide to 5l of water and apply to aquatic breeding sites using any sprayer fitted with a fan nozzle at a rate of 100l per hectare for every 100mm depth of water and repeat as necessary.
Residual
1-2 weeks
Coopex Wettable Powder (WP) – Active ingredient permethrin (synthetic pyrethroid) 250g/kg (25/75 cis/trans isomer)
Controls flies, stable flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, bedbugs, fleas, ants, fishmoths and stored product pests.
Application
- Flies, stable flies and mosquitoes 25-50g/l water
- Cockroaches, bedbugs, fleas, ants and fishmoths 50g/10l water
- Stored product pests 50g/10l water
Residual action
4 weeks
DY Fly - Fly bait – Active ingredient methomyl (carbamate) 10.00g/kg / tricosene 0.50g/kg
Controls flies
Application
- Dry bait - Place bait in suitable shallow containers
- Scatter bait - 300g/50-100m2
- Stick on method - Coat ceiling tiles/similar whiteboard with egg white and sprinkle bait over
- Liquid bait - Mix one part bait/one part water
Treatment
Re-treat weekly or sooner if required
Rodent control
Finale Rat and Mouse Pellets – Active ingredient difethialone (anti-coagulant) 0.025g/kg
Controls rats and mice
Application
- Rats – Place 50-75g per bait station every 5-10m
- Mice – Place 15-20g per bait station every 2-4m
Regularly check bait stations and replenish as necessary
Finale Rat and Mouse Wax Blocks – Active difethialone (anti-coagulant) 0.025g/kg
Controls rats and mice
Application
- Rats - Heavy infestations place 3-4 blockser bait station every 5-10m or (50m2)
- Permanent baiting - place 1 block per bait station every 5-10m or (50m2)
- Mice - Place 1 block per bait station every 2-4m or (10m2)
Termite control:
- Premise – available in 1Lt
Hudson X-Pert Sprayer
- Pressure sprayer for use in the application of all water-based insecticides
- Spares are readily available
Hudson X-Pert Spares kit
One set contains enough spares to service 10 (ten) pumps
Maxforce Gel Applicator
- A special gun used in the application of Maxforce Gel, IC and Quantum
- Made of chemical-resistant plastic
- Has a stainless steel stem with adjustable screw
- Simple to use
- Ideally suitable for every serviceman in a PCO team
Trombone sprayer
- Powerful slide pump action
- 72’’ hose with large filter drops directly into chemical bucket
- Includes extension
- Adjustable brass cone nozzle – adjusts from fine mist to long-distance stream, multi-directional
- Sturdy non-slip grips
- Long-lasting nickel-plated brass pump
Other equipment
- Afrivet purple syringe
- Flycatcher
Environmental health products
- High quality, environmentally friendly products
- Insecticides and spraying equipment
- Malaria rapid diagnostic tests
- Relevant products registered with the Environmental Council of Zambia
