Animal disease prevention using PVC compound Summary Preventing the infestation from parasites in animals (such as cattle) and insects (such as honeybees) has been a difficult task. Specific Mexichem Specialty Compound products such as SK/2223C, one of our “SuperKleen” product lines, were developed as a dry blend for use as a carrier for pesticides that were added by pharmaceutical companies. These modified dry blend products were then injection molded into animal ear tags as well as bee-strips for use in honeybee hives. The Problem The original formulations developed for these applications were compliant, but no longer met the new EPA requirements. Mexichem Specialty Compounds was asked to develop new soft PVC formulations for this type of applications in order to meet the EPA requirement

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