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Blu-kote is a topical antiseptic used in veterinary medicine to dress wounds and prevent infection. It is both antibacterial and antifungal. The active ingredients are sodium propionate 9.1%, gentian violet 1%, and acriflavine 0.15%.
History[edit]
[use Naylor company website here; find other sources; one good database might be BioMedCentral]
Blu-kote was developed by the H.W. Naylor company in Morris, New York, in the 1920s.[1]
Composition[edit]
[describe active ingredients further; include other ingredients]
Uses[edit]
[this may be the largest section because of the range of applications; first, describe the topical antiseptic uses in veterinary medicine; I may need to add a caution about using it around eyes, since my photo suggests this use]
Because of its staining property, Dr. Naylor's Blu-Kote has been used to mark experimental animals in research)]
Gentian violet, a key ingredient in Blu-Kote, has recently come under renewed consideration.[2]
This product is available as an aerosol spray, pump spray, and dauber bottle.
Safety[edit]
This product has not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration.[3][4]
[still need to do some research on this; might add an efficacy section too][1]
References[edit]
[that castration article compares efficacy against other topical antiseptics]
- ^ a b "History". Dr. Naylor. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ^ Maley, Alexander M.; Arbriser, Jack L. (7 Oct 2013). "Gentian Violet: a 19th century drug re-emerges in the 21st century". Experimental Dermatology. 22: 775–780. doi:10.1111/exd.12257 – via Wiley.
- ^ U.S. National Library of Medicine. "Drug Label Information". Daily Med. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ Flanary, Kandace M.; Johnson, Jerald B. (2018-03-19). "Anal fin pigmentation in Brachyrhaphis fishes is not used for sexual mimicry". PLOS ONE. 13 (3): e0194121. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0194121. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5858833. PMID 29554139.
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