Remote Animal Dosage Regime for Pest Resistance Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
The development of pesticide resistance in animal pests poses a challenge due to repeated exposure to the same chemical compounds, which can lead to a decline in animal health and effectiveness of pest control measures, as many producers lack the necessary understanding of pesticide chemistry to rotate chemical classes effectively.
Innovation Solution
A dosage regime involving remotely deliverable projectiles with unique identifiers, containing different pesticides, administered at specific times throughout a pest season to prevent resistance, using a combination of synthetic pyrethroids, macrocyclic lactones, and insect growth regulators, along with a marker for tracking, to ensure timely and varied pesticide application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the same pesticide is used repeatedly to control pests, then pest control effectiveness is maintained in the short term, but pesticide resistance develops in the pest population
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic rotation of different pesticide chemical classes at predetermined intervals throughout the pest season. The dosage regime specifies administering different pesticides at different times (e.g., first pesticide at first predetermined time, second pesticide at second predetermined time), creating periodic variation in chemical exposure that prevents resistance development while maintaining control effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the chemical class parameter of the pesticide administered over time. By rotating between different chemical classes (e.g., from organophosphates to carbamates to pyrethroids), the system modifies the chemical properties exposed to the pest population, thereby preventing adaptation to a single chemical mode of action.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If pesticide chemical classes are rotated annually to prevent resistance, then resistance development is slowed, but producers lack the knowledge to select appropriate chemical classes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the system self-instructing by incorporating unique identifiers on dosage projectiles that indicate timing of administration and chemical class information. The packaging and labeling system provides built-in guidance that enables producers to correctly select and administer the appropriate pesticide at the right time without requiring external expertise in pesticide chemistry.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary information system consisting of unique identifiers, color codes, and packaging labels that mediate between the complex pesticide rotation requirements and the producer's decision-making process. This intermediary system translates chemical class rotation requirements into simple, actionable instructions that producers can follow without specialized knowledge.
3Ease of operation
If producers continue using a previously successful pesticide, then ease of operation is maintained, but pesticide resistance develops more rapidly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary organization of the pesticide rotation schedule by pre-identifying and labeling each dosage projectile with its specific administration timing and chemical class. The unique identifiers and packaging information are prepared in advance, allowing producers to simply follow the predetermined schedule without needing to make complex decisions about which pesticide to use when, thereby preventing resistance while maintaining operational simplicity.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a dosage regime for treating an animal over a pest season, the dosage regime comprising a first dosage projectile having a unique identifier and containing a first pesticide; a second dosage projectile having a unique identifier and containing a second pesticide; and a third dosage projectile having a unique identifier and containing a third pesticide; wherein the dosage projectiles are configured for remotely delivering the pesticides to an animal; and wherein the unique identifiers indicate the timing of administration of each pesticide over a pest season. The invention also relates to use of the dosage regime to treat an animal over a pest season.