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FDA Approves Wound Spray to Treat New World Screwworm

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(NAFB.com) – The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for using the indexed product F10 Antiseptic Wound spray with Insecticide for the prevention and treatment of infestations caused by New World Screwworm. The treatment is approved for cattle, horses, species of hoof stock, raptors, and other wild birds, pet birds, and captive wild, exotic, and zoo mammals. F10 Antiseptic Wound Spray with Insecticide is indexed for use as a topical antiseptic for surface wounds, to repel flies, and to treat infestations due to fly strike in raptors, pet birds, captive small mammals, captive reptiles, and captive exotic/zoo mammals. The FDA Report says that when the product is used under the conditions described in the authorization, the known and potential benefits of F10 Antiseptic Wound Spray with Insecticide outweigh the known and potential risks.