Dog perfume formulated with carefully selected ingredients: History tells that animals hide in kunzea bushes to protect themselves from ticks and other annoying pests without any harsh chemicals.
Among its ingredients, we find the following essential oils:
Kunzea
Kunzea is a tree with small white flowers that can grow up to 2000 meters above sea level, where it covers the ground in abundance, resembling a carpet of snow. 1 This oil, considered a natural treasure in Australia. This tree, also commonly called "tick bush", is said to serve as a refuge for animals to sleep on to protect themselves from biting insects. 2
Eucalyptus radiata
A study has proven the effectiveness of eucalyptus oil against ticks, so it can be successfully used for the therapeutic management of ticks, among others, in cattle, and to overcome resistance to tick acaricide. The effectiveness of eucalyptus essential oil would also be effective against bacteria, fungi, mites, flies and mosquitoes and could therefore be used for the development of commercial products against ectoparasites (e.g., mites, ticks, lice, fleas, bedbugs). 3
Rose geranium
According to a study, among the essential oils that were examined, Rose Geranium would have repellent properties and has good acaricidal and larvicidal effects with an effectiveness of 90 to 100% comparable to the commercial acaricides used. 4.5
References:
1. https://www.passeportsante.net/fr/Solutions/HuilesEssentielles/Fiche.aspx?doc=huile-essentielle-kunzea
2. https://www.drugs.com/npp/kunzea-oil.html
3. Niddhi Arora, Meena Mrigesh, Prashant Verma and VS Rajora. Effect of eucalyptus oil against tick infestation in cattle. ISSN (E): 2277-7695 ISSN (P): 2349-8242 NAAS Rating: 5.23 TPI 2022; SP-11(6): 804-807 © 2022 TPI www.thepharmajournal.com
4. Luker HA, Salas KR, Esmaeili D, Holguin FO, Bendzus-Mendoza H, Hansen IA. Repellent efficacy of 20 essential oils on Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and Ixodes scapularis ticks in contact-repellency assays. SciRep. 2023 Jan 30;13(1):1705. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-28820-9. PMID: 36717735; PMCID: PMC9886999.
5. OT Adenubi, FO Fasina, LJ McGaw, JN Eloff, V. Naidoo, Plant extracts to control ticks of veterinary and medical importance: A review, South African Journal of Botany, Volume 105, 2016, Pages 178-193, ISSN 0254-6299, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2016.03.010.
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