CA1200481A - Anticoccidial composition containing naphthaleneamine derivatives - Google Patents

Abstract

Abstact:
An anticoccidial composition is described which consists of the synergistic combination of substituted-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]naphthalenamine derivatives and a polyether antibiotic.

Description

IMPROVEMENTS IN OR REI,ATING
TO NAPEiTHALENAMINE DERIVATIVES
This invention relates to novel naphthalenamine derivatives wh.ich are useful in controlling insects or in treating coccidiosis. More particularly, it relates to a novel anticoccidial composition consisting of the syner-gistic combination of substituted-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]naphthalenamine derivatives and a polyether antibiotic. This is a divisional of Canadian application Serial No. 427,229, filed May 2, 1983.
U.5. Patent Specification No~ 4,183,949 describes a class of arylamino-2,4-dinitronaphthalenes which are stated to possess arthropodicidal, fungicidal and bacterici.dal properties.
According to the present inventi.on there is provided a naphthalenamine of formula (I):

`m R2 ~ ~ ~

R3n ~ o ;H
CF~ ,NO-ii ! (I) \O~ R`~
1~0~

wherein:
R is Cl~C4 alkyl;
R is halogen, phenyl, nitro, cyano, C2-C4 fluoroalkyl, Cl-C~ fluoroalkoxy or Cl-C4 fluoroalkyl.thio;
R3 is halogen;
R is hydrogen or halogen;
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X-54~5~ ~2-m is 0, 1 or 2; and n is 0 or 1;
provided that R2 and the dinitro-: aniline moiety are both substituents on the same phenyl ring.
Preferred compo~nds are those having the structure (II), (III), (IV), or (V):

m \~ R
Rn3~ \~lH

CF3\ / ~ /N02 (II) \ ~ \R~

wherein:
Rl is Cl-C4 alkyl;
R is phenyl, nitro or cyano;
R is halogen;
R4 is hydrogen or halogen;
m is 0, 1 or 2; and n is 0 ox 1;
provided that R2 and the dinitroaniline moiety are on the same ring;

~2 ~ R3 I\H
~ I I I ) CF3~ /NOz \~ ~ R

wherein:
R is Cl-C4 alkyl;
R is halogen, Cl-C4 fluoroalkyl, Cl-C4 fluoroalkoxy or Cl-C4 fluoroalkylthio;
R is halogen;
R4 is hydrogen or halogen; and m is 0, 1 or 2;
Rm ~ ~R

R~k~ jH (IV) CF3~ / ~ ,NOz i! I

\ ~ ~ 4 wherein:
Rl is Cl-C4 alkyl;
R is halogen, Cl-C4 fluoroalkyl, Cl-C4 fluoroalkoxy or Cl-C4 fluoroalkylthio;
R is halogen;
R4 is hydrogen or halogen;
m is 0, 1 or 2; and n is 0 or 1; and provided that R2 and the dinitroaniline 10 moiety are on the same phenyl ring and do not simul-taneously occupy the 1- and 4-positions of the naph-talene system.
F~2 Rm J ~1~

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CF3\ ~ \ ~o2 ( 20t 1l 1~o2 wherein: 1 R is C~-C4 alkyl;
R2 is halogen, Cl-C4 fluoroalkyl, Cl-C4 fluoroalkoxy or Cl-C4 fluoroalkylthio;
R3 is halogen;

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R is hydrogen or halogen;
m is 0, 1 or 2; and n is 0 or 1;
provided that when an R3 substituent exists it is at other than the 2-position of ~he naphthalene system .
Preferred compounds employed in the present invention have the above formula wherein m is 0 and R4 i.s hydrogen.
In the above formula, Cl-C4 alkyl includes methyl, ethyl, _-propyl, isopropyl, _-butyl, sec.-butyl, isobutyl, t-butyl, and the like.
The term "halogen" represents fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.
Cl-C4 Fluoroalkyl is a Cl-C4 alkyl group bearing one or more fluorine atoms. Such fluoroalkyl groups include trifluoromethyl, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-ethyl, pentafluoroethyl, 1,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl, nonafluorobutyl, and the like.
C1-C4 Fluoroalkoxy is a Cl-C4 alkoxy group bearing one or more fluorine atoms. Such fluoroalkoxy groups include difluoromethoxy, trifluoromethoxy, l-fluoroethoxy, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy, pentafluoro-ethoxy, 1,2,2,3,3-pentafluoropropoxy, heptafluoro-propoxy, 4,4,4-trifluorobutoxy, and the like.
C1-C4 Fluoroalkylthio is a C1-C4 alkylthio group bearing one or more fluorine atoms. Such fluoro-alkylthio groups include trifluoromethylthio, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethylthio, pentafluoroethylthio, 4,4,4-3G trifluorobutylthio, and the like.

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I'he compounds listed below are typical of the compounds employed in the present inverltion.
l-Cyano-N-(2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)~
: phenyl]-3-naphthalenamine 1-(1,1,2,2-Tetrafluoroethoxy)-6-chloro-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-2-naphthalen-amine 3 Bromo-6-ethyl-N-[2,4-dinitro-3-chloro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-l-naphthalen~mine 4-(Trifluoromethoxy)-7-bromo-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-naphthalenamine The compounds of the present invention may be conveniently prepared by methods well known to ~hose skilled in the art. The preferred method of prepara-~-5 tion involves condensing an appropriately substituted naphthalene derivative with a 2,4~dinitro-6-(trifluoro-methyl)-l-(substituted)benzene derivative in the presence of a base to give a present napthalenamine.
The scheme ~or this reaction is as follows:

Rl ~( ~ / ~ CF3 \ / J10~ Bas~

R` N02 Rm~ 2 R H
CF3\ /' ~ ~02 \ ~ \R4 wherein Rl, R , R3, R , m and n are as defined above, and one of X and Y is NH2 and the other is a leaving group such as halogen.
This method is provided in one aspect of the invention.
An example of this reaction scheme involves reacting a l-naphthalenamine derivative with a halo-ben2ene de~ivative. This reaction is generally per-formed by combining appro~imately equimolar quantities of the naphthalenamine and substituted halobenzene derivatives with at least one equivalent of base in a suitable organic solvent. Suitable solvents sho~lld be ~2~

X-5~95M -8-unreactive and include most aprotic solvents. Commonly used solvents include amides, for instance, N, N-dimethylformamide or hexamethylphosphoramide; ethers, such as tetrahydrofuran, diethyl ether and dioxane;
sulfoxides, such as dimethyl sulfoxide; and related solvents. Of these, DMF is preferred.
The reaction is usually performed at a tem-perature in the range of from about -25C to 100C, with 0C to 50C being preferred. The base used as a reactant should preferably be of sufficient strength to pull the nitrogen proton of the naphthalenamine deriva-tive. Suitable bases include most of the alkali metal hydrides~ for example sodium hydride and lithium hy-dride. Sodium hydride is preferred. Following forma-tion of the product, which usually occurs nearlyimmediatel.y to after about 48 hours, the mixture is worked up according to standard procedures. Typically, the product may be isolated by simply adding to the reaction mixture either water or an aqueous acid solu-tion, for instance dilute aqueous hydrochloric acid orsulfuric acid. The desired product often precipitates out of the aqueous acid solution as a solid or an oil.
Alternatively, the product may be extracted into a water immiscible organic solvent such as diethyl ether, ethyl acetate, dichloromethane, or the like. Removal of the organic solvent, for instance bv evaporation under reduced pressure, then provides a compound of this invention. The product thus formed can be further purified if desired by any of several methods well 3G known to those skilled in the art, for example by column chxomatography over silica gel or crystalliza-tion from common solvents.
The compounds employed in the present inven-tion are preferably prepared by condensing the substi-tuted benzene and naphthalene starting materials asintact compounds each with its substituents already in place. These starting materials are readily prepared by well ~nown procedures. However, certain substituents may be added onto the substituted N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]naphthalenamine derivative aswell. For exarnple, halogen substituents may be added to the compound at various positiolls by any of severaL
well known halogenating agents.
The following non-limiting Examples are provided to more fully illustrate the invention.
ExampLe 1 l-Nitro-N--[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifl~oromethyl)-phenyll-2-naphthalenami.ne To a slurry of 2.0 g. of sodium hydride and 40 ml. DMF was added 3.8 g. of 1-nitro-2-naphthalen-amine. Next, 5.4 g. of 2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)-l-chloroben~.ene was added to the reaction mixture which was allowed to stir at room temperature for about one hour. The mixture was added to 500 ml. ice water containing 40 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid.
The yellow precipitate was collected by filtration and dried to aford 4.8 g. of 1-nitro-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-2-naphthalenamine. Yield 56%.
M.P. = 213-215C.

X-5495~ -10-Analysis calcuLated for C17HgF3N4O6 Theory: C, 48.35; H, 2.15; N, 13.27;
E`ound: C, 48.54; ~1, 2.21; N, 13.35.
Example 2 4-Chloro--N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-l-naphthalenamine Two grams of sodium hydride were slowly added to a stirring solution of 3.5 g. of 4-chloro-1-10 naphthalenamlne and 5.4 g. of 2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoro-methyl)-l-chlorobenzene dissolved in 30 ml. of DMF.
The reaction rnixture was stirred at room temperature for approximately 24 hours and poured into water. The precipitated solid was collected by filtration and 15 recrystallized from ethanol to afford 4.7 ~. of 4-chloro--N-~2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-naphthalen-amine. Yield 57~. M.P. = 197-198C.
Analysis calculated for C17HgClF3N3O4 Theory: C, 49.59; H, 2.20; N, 10.21;
Found: C, 49.31; H, 2.10; ~, 10.07.
Example 3

2-Bromo-4-chloro-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoro-methyl)phenylJ-l-naphthalenamine To a solution of 2.0 g. of 4-chloro-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-naphthalenamine dissolved in 30 ml. dichloromethane was added 1 ml. of bromine~ The mixture was stirred at room temperature for about two and one-half hours and evaporated to dry-8~

ness under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in a diethyl ether/ethyl acetate solution and washed wlth water. The organic phase was combined with char-coal and anhydrous magnesium sulfate, stirred and filtered. The solvents were evaporatecl under reduced pressure, stirred with Skellysolve B and filtered to provide 1.5 ~. of 2-bromo-4~chloro-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-l-naphthalenamine. Yield 63~o M P = 207-209C
Analysis calculated for C17H8BrClF3N3O4 Theory: C, 41.61; H, 1.64; N, 8.57;
Found: C, 41.69; H, 1.71; N, 8.65.
Example 4 4-Bromo-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl3-phenyll-l-naphthalenamine A mixture of 4.4 g. of 4-bromo~l-naphthalen-amine, 40 ml. of DMF and 2.0 g. of sodium hydride was slurried at room temperature for about 15 minutes.
Next, 5.4 g. of 2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)-1-chlorobenzene was added to the reaction mixture in small portions. When the addition was completed, the mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature for about 24 hours. The mixture was then slowly acdded to a stirring solution of ice water and hydrochloric acid.
The precipitated solid was collected by filtration and dried. ~he solid was recrystallized from ethanol/DMF, and collected by filtration to afford 2.1 g. o~ 4-bromo-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-naphthalenamine. Yleld 23%.

M.P. = 219-221C.
Analysis calculated for C17H9BrF3N3O4 Theory: C, 44.74; H, 1.97; N, 9.21;
Found: C, 45.35; H, 1.70; N, 9.33.
5The following examples further illustrate the compounds employed in the present invention and were prepared by the general procedures outlined ahove.
Example S
10 4-Phenyl-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-l-naphthalenamine M.P. = 161-162C.
Analysis calculated for C23H14F3N3O4 Theory: C, 60.93; H, 3.11; N, 9.27;
15Found: C, 62.32; H, 3.07; N, 9.26.
Example 6 4-Nitro-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-l naphthalenamine 20M.P. = 166-168C.
Analysis calculated for C17HgF3N4O6 Theory: C, 48.35; H, 2.15; N, 13.27;
Found: C, 48.59; H, 2.20; N, 13.23.
Example 7 4-Cyano-N-[2,4-dinitro 6-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-1-naphthalenamine M.P. = 174-175C.
Analysis calculated for C18HgF3N4O4 30Theory: C, 53.74; H, 2.26; N, 13.93;
Found: C, 53.66; H, 2.27; N, 14.11.

Example 8 2,4--Dibromo-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoro-methyl)phenyl]-l-naphthalenamine M. P . 197-200C.
Analysis calculated for C17H~Br2F3N3O4 Theory: C, 38.13; ~, 1.50i N, 7.85;
Found: C, 38.39; H, 1.55; N, 7.56.
The compounds of formula (I), (II), (III), and (IV) are useful for the control of insects of various orders, including Coleoptera such as Mexican bean beetle, boll weevil, corn rootworm, cereal leaf beetle, borers, flea beetle, Colorado potato beetle, g.rain beetle, alfalfa weevil, carpet beetle, confused flour beetle, powder post beetle, wireworms, rice weevil, rose beetle, plum curculio and wh~tè gribbs;
Lepidoptera such as southern armyworm, codling moth, cutworm, clothes moth, Indian meal moth, leaf rollers, corn earworm, European corn borer, cabbage worm, cab-bage looper, cotton bollworm, bagworm, eastern tentcaterpillar, sod webworm and fall armyworm; Diptera such as housefly, yellow fever mosquito, stable fly, horn fly, blowfly, cabbage mag~ot and carrot rust fly;
and Orthoptera such as German cockroach and American cockroach.
Therefore it is provided as one embodiment of the present invention a method for controlling insects which comprises applying to a locus of the insects an insecticidally-effective amount of a naphthalenamine dexivative of formula (I). The term "insecticidally-effective amount," as defined herein, refers to an amount which results in the inactivation of the insect.
Such inactivation can kill the insect or render the insect incapable of performing one or more of its normal life functions. This amount will generally be from about 2000 ppm to about 1 ppm, more preferably from about 1000 ppm to about 10 ppm. It is apparent that higher or lower concentrations can be employed dependin~ on such factors as the insect species to be controlled, the locus to which the application is to be made, the potency of the particular naphthalenamine employed, and the like.
The compounds of formula (I) appear to function most effectively when the treated plants contact the insect for which contro] or eradication is desired. Generally, however the compounds may be applied to any food or water source which the insects may either ingest or contact by other than eating.
It is also believed that the compounds may interfere with the mechanism of metamorphosis which occurs in the insect. However, the precise mechanism by which the present naphthalenamines act is not ye.
known, and the insecticidal method of the present invention is no~ limited by any mode of operation.
The compounds employed in the present in-vention are preferably formulated for ease of appli-cation. Therefore, as yet another embodiment of the present invention there is provided an insecticidal composition comprising an agriculturally-acceptable carrier or diluent together with a naphthalenamine of formula (I). Such compositions will typically contain from about 0.1 to about 95.0 percent by weight of a naphthalenamine depending on the composition clesired.
~iquid compositions, for e~ample emulsifiable concentrates and aqueous suspensions, will contain the active agent at a concentration of frorn about 5 to about 90 percent by weight. These compositions are prepared by dissolving the substance in an organic liquid or by dispersing the substance in water with or without the aid of a suitable surface-active dispersing agent such as an ionic or nonionic emulsifying agent.
Such compositions also can contain substances which serve to aid spreading and adhesion of the material on plant foliage. Suitable organic liquid carriers include the aqricultural spray oils and the petroleum distil-lates such as diesel fule, kerosene, fuel 'oil, naphthas, and Stoddard solvent. Of these, the petroleum distil-lates are yenerally preferred. The aqueous compositions can contain one or more water-immiscible solvents. In such aqueous compositions, the carrier comprises an aqueous emulsion, e.g., mixture of water, emulsifying agents, and water-immiscible solvents. The choice of dispersing and emulsifying agent and the amount thereof employed will depend on the nature of the composition and the ability oE the agent to facilitate the dis-persing of the active agent in the carrier to produce the desired composition. Dispersing and emulsiying agents which can be empLoyed in the compositions in-clude the condensation products of alkylene oxides with phenols and organic acids, alkaryl sulfonates, polyoxy-alkylene derivatives of sorbitan esters, complex ether alcohols, and the like. For a review of known surface active agents which are suitable for use in the above 5 discribed compositions see U.S. Patent Number 3,095,299, second column, lines 25-36, and references cited therein.
A wettable powder will comprise an intimate mlxture of a compound of the invention, an inert car-rier, and surfactants. The concentration of the active compound is usually from about 25 percent to about 90 percent by weight. The inert carrier is usually chosen from among the attapulgite clays, the montmorillonite clays, the diatomaceous earths, or the purified sili-cates. Effective surfactants, comprising from about 0 5 percent to about 10 percent by weight of the wet-table powder, are chosen from among the sulfonated lignins, the condensed naphthalenesulfona~es, and the alkyl sulfates.
Dust compositions will contain an active agent in an amount from about 0.1 to about 10.0 percent by weight. In the preparation of dust compositions, the active ingredient is intimately dispersed in and on a finely-divided solid such as clay, talc, chalk, gypsum, limestone, vermiculite fines, perlite, and the like. In one method of achieving such dispersion, the finely-divided carrier is mechanically mixed or ground with the active agent. Similarly, dust compositions can also be combined with various solid carriers such as bentonite, fuller's earth, attapulgite, an~ other clays having surface-active adsorptive properties.

Depending upon the proportions of ingredients, these dust compositions can be employed as concentrates and subsequently diluted with additional adsortive-type solid carriers or with chalk, talc, or gypsum, or the like usually at the site of application. Also, such dust compositions can be dispersed in water, with or without the aid of a dispersing agent, or from spray mixtures.
Also the compositions of the present in-vention can be employed in granular formulations con-taining from about 0.1 to 15 percent by weight of a present naphthalenamine. These formulations are pre-pared in ccnventional manner, typically by dissolving the compound in a solvent with or without a surface-active agent and spraying or otherwise distributing theresulting solution onto pre-formed granules.. The solvent is then usually evaporated to provlde a suit-able composition. Such granular formulations are capable of providing longer-lasting activity and may be preferred for crops such as corn where repeated appli-cation is not practical.
A compound of the present invention, or a composition thereof, may be applied to the locus for which insecticidal control is desired bv any of several conventional methods familar to those skilled in the art. Comrnon application techniques include hand dust-ing or spraying, or by simply mixin~ the active agent with the insect's food. Application to the foliage of plants is typically performed with power dusters, boom sprayers, and fog sprayers. In large scale operations, dust or low volume sprays can be ayplied from the air.

.Y-5495M -18-The insecticidal efficacy of representive compounds employed in the present invention is illus-trated by the following experiments.
Experiment 1 c This initial screen was used to evaluate the insecticidal efficacy of representative compounds employed in the present invention. Evaluations were made against yellow fever mosquito larvae.
The test compounds were formulated by dis~
solving 20 mg. of the compound into 2 ml. of soLvent.
The solvent was prepared by placing Toximul R and Toximul S (proprietary blends of anionic and nonionic surfactants manufactured by Stepan Chemical Company, Northfield, Illinois) into a S0/S0 mixture of acetone/
ethanol. The solvent/compound solution was diluted to 8 ml. with deionized water. The formulated compound was then placed in 225 ml. water.
Twenty late third or early fourth instar mos~uito larvae (Aedes aegypti) were placed in a one ounce paper cup containing 25 ml. of deionized water.
The larvae were allowed to feed on fresh food for at least three hours prior to being placed on test. This water containing larvae was then added to the diluted compound formulation to provide a final concentration of 20 ppm. of active ingredient. Lower concentrations were obtained by further dilution with water.
The number of dead or moribund larvae were then recorded ~8 hours later. Moribund larvae are those only capable of limited, or poorly coordinated, X-5495~1 -19-locomotion. The results were rated by the following code:
Number of Dead or [~oribund Larvae Percent ating

3-4 11-20 1.

The results of this screen appear below in Table 1.

~-5495M -20-Table 1 Mosquito Larvacide Screen Example No.
of CompoundConcentration c Tested (ppm) Rating 1 20.0 2 20.0 9 0.1 3 20.0 9 0.1 9 0.01 7 0.005 3

4 20.0 9 S 20.0 8 6 20.0 9 7 20.0 9 8 20.0 9 0.1 9 0.01 ,' 9 0.005 9 0.005 7 0.003 6 O . O 0 1 0 Experiment 2 Compounds evaluated in this screen were formulated by dissolving 10 mg. of the compound in one ml. of solvent as prepared above in Experiment 1. The solvent/compound mixture was diluted with 9 ml. of deionized water to provide a 1000 ppm test compound concentration. Lower concentration formulations were obtained by diluting the 1000 ppm solution with an 3G appropriate volume of water containing 225 mg. of X-54~5~i -21-Toximul R and 125 mg. of Toximul S per liter. Evalua-tions were then made on Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis), southern armyworm (Prodenia erlda_ a) and two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus uriticae) accord-ing to the following methods.
The method used to evaluate Mexican beanbeetle activity involved spraying the leaves of 4- to 6-day old Bountiful green bean plants with the test formulation. After the leaves had dried, one leaf was removed from the plant and the cut end wrapped in water soaked cellucotton. This leaf was placed in a plastic ; petri dish containing 5 second and third instar Mexican bean beetle larvae. The dishes were maintained in the laboratory for 4 days at which point the number of dead larvae were counted and the amount of feeding was noted. Two replications were perfoxmed for each com-pound.
Activity of the compounds against southern armyworm was determined in substantially the same manner as that described for Mexican bean beetle. In this method, however, 5 third instar southern armyworm larvae were placed in the petri dish containing the treated leaf. Evaluations were made in the same manner as above.
In the final method, bean plants were in-fested with two-spotted spider mites. After 24 hours a blue hubbard squash plant leaf was infected by placing the bean leaf containing mites on it. After 24 addi-tional hours the infested squash plant leaf was sprayed 3G with the test formulation and maintained for 4 days as above.

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For all of the test species, the following rating system was used:
Rating % Dead O O

2 Sl-99 For the beetle and armyworm procedures, when less than half of the leaves were eaten, percent eed-ing was recorded as follows:
Rating Observation 0 none of the leaves were eaten 1 1-50% of the leaves were eaten The results of this test appear.below in Table 2.

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X-5495~1 -25-The compounds employed in the present inven tion have also displayed activity as ectoparasiticides.
Therefore an additional locus to which an insecti-cidally-effective amount of a present naphthalenamine may be applied is the exterior of the insect host animal. The compounds appear to function most effec-tively when applied to the exterior of the host animal, so that insects contacting the exterior surface of the animal will be thereby controlled. Effective insect control is achieved for the compounds when used as ectoparasiticides at rates similar to those described above for insecticides generally.
When used as ectoparasiticides it is pref-erable to formulate the compounds prior to application.
The compounds are generally formulated for dermal or topical administration according to the general pro-cedu~es outlined above for insecticides generally.
The formulated compounds are applied to host animals by procedures conventional in agricultural chemistry. For example, liquid compositions may be simply sprayed on the animals for which insecticidal control is desired. The animals may also treat them-selves by such devices as back rubbers, which may contain the toxicant compound in a cloth, for example, which the animal may walk against and contact; and dust bags, which the animal may bump against ~hereby dis-lodginq a dust containing the active ingredient. Dip tanks are also employed to administer the active agent to the host animal. According to this procedure, the parts of the animal's body for which insecticidal control is desired are simply immersed in a vessel containing the formulated compound usually diluted with water to provide a sutiable concentration of a present naphthalenamine.
The present naphthalenamine derivatives have also displayed systemic ectoparasiticidal activity.
The compounds provided herein have the ability to pe~leate the tissues of a host animal to which one of the compounds has been administered. Insect parasites which then consume blood or other living tissues of the host animal are thereby killed. The compounds are administered by either oral or percutaneous routes and are preferably formulated prior to administration.
Such formulations are well known to those skilled in the art, for example by dissolving the compound in one of several physiologically-acceptable carriers or diluents. Oral administration of a naphthalenamine may be performed by mixi.ng the compound in the animals feed or drinking water; or by administering dosage forms such as tablets, capsules, boluses or implants.
Percutaneous administration is cGnveniently accom-plished by subcutaneous, intramuscular and the in-travenous injection of an injectable formulation.
The term "ectoparasiticidally-effective amount," as defined herein, refers to an amount of a present naphthalenamine which kills or inactivates the insect. This amount will generally be from about 2000 ppm to 1 ppm, more preferably from about 1000 ppm to 10 ppm.

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X-5495~1 -27-The ectoparasiticidal activity of compounds employed in the present invention is illustrated by the followiny experiments.
Experiment 3 The test compounds were combined with bovine serum to provide a compound concentration of 20 ppm.
Addition of further serum provided lower levels of active ingredient. Fifty first instar stage of black blowfly larvae were placed in a petri dish and sub-jected to the serum/compound solution. In a separatepetri dish approximately 30 adult houseflies were combined with the medicated serum. Activity was deter-mined by the number of dead organisms as compared to a control after 24 hours according to the following scale:
_ating Percent Dead O O

The results of the blowfly larvae test appear in Table 3 while the results for the adult housefly appear below in Table 4.

! X-5495M -28-Table 3 Blowfly Larvicide Example No.
of Compound Concentration

5 Tested (ppm) Rating ln.o o 10. 0 5 2 10.0 5 3 10.0 5 10.0 2 ~ 10. 0 5 10.0 0 20.0 0 10.0 O
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8 10.0 5 X-5495~ -29-Table 4 Housefly Adulticide Example No.
of Compound Concentr~tion Tested (ppm) Rating 1 10.0 4 2 10.0 5 3 10.0 5 10.0 3 4 10.0 2 6 10.0 5 10.0 3 10.0 3 7 10.0 5 10.0 5 8 10.0 Experiment 4 , A 0.5% soLution of Example 1 of the present invention dissolved in S ml. of acetone was sprayed onto an area 6 inches in diameter on the side of a 20 bovine (cow or steer). During the winter months the hair on the area is clipped to 1/4 to 1/2 inch in length so that the flies can reach the skin to feed, but clipping is not necessary when the animals are in summer coat. During the test period the animals were confined in individual stanchions. Two sun lamps, one directed toward the treated spots on each side of a test animal, were turned on for a period of 4-hr. each day.
Each lamp was about 2 meters from the floor and 1 meter ~ from the animal and positioned so that all treated `I 30 ~' , X-5~95M -30-spots received about the same amount of radiation.
Cages, made by soldering screen wire in a mason-jar ring, were used to confine adult stable flies, Stomoxys calci ns, to the treated spots. Twenty-five 3 to 6-day-old female flies that have not fed for about 18 hr.
were exposed in a cage to a spot for 20 minutes. The cage with t,he flies was then removed and placed in the laboratory at 27C and 60-70% relative humidity. The number of flies that had fed and the number that had been knocked down were recorded, a square of cotton soaked in blood diet was placed on each cage, and the flies were held for 24 hr. when mortality was recorded.
Compounds were tested for both repellency and toxicity.
Repellency was indicated when less than 20~ of the flies have fed during the 20-minute exposure period. Toxicity was indicated when 90~ or more of the flies are dead at 24 hr.
Example 1, as tested in the foregoing pro-cedure, was ineffective at one day both as a toxicant and a repellent. Typically, compounds that have ex-hibited systemic ectoparasiticidal activity, as has Example 1, have not exhibited activity in this screen.
It is believed that this active agent was absorbed into the blood system of the animal therby significantly diluting its effect as a contact insecticide.
Systemic ectoparasitic activity of repre-; sentative compounds employed in the present invention is illustrated by the following experiments.

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After 24 hours the animals were sacrificed and blood was taken from around the heart. The medicated blood serurn was then added to individual petri dishes contain-ing blowfly larvae and adult houseflies. After an additional 24 hours the number of dead insects were recorded according to the scale outlined in Experi-ment 3. These results appear below in Table 5.

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,Y-5495M -33-Experiment 6 1'he following method was used to de~ermine the activity of certain naphthalenamines as animal systemic insecticides. h~hite mice were artificially infested nasally, buccally, or ocularly ~ith 5 newly-hatched larvae of Cuterebra sp. After ~ hours a plastic collar was placed around the neck of each male mouse, and the portion of the body behind the collar was dipped into 200 ml. of an emulsion of the test compound. A standard emulsifiable concentrate consists of 25 parts of the test compound, 10 parts Triton X-100, and 65 parts xylene. Four days after treatment, the skin of each mouse was examined carefully for encapsulated, live larvae. Effectiveness of the treatments was determined by comparing numbers of larvae encapsulated in treated mice with numbers in untreated mice. Usually 3 mice were treated at each concentration. Data is presented in Table 6 below as the percent of test compound in the formulation re-20 quired to kill 50% of the larvae (LC50) and 90~ of the larvae (LCgo)~
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of Compound Percent of Test Compound 25Tested in Formulation LC 5 0 g O
1 0.069 0.23 6 0.059 2.08 3G 7 0.040 0.17 X-~495M -34-In a further major embodiment of the inven-tion it has been discovered that the compounds of formula (V), either alone or in combination with poly~
ether antibiotics, are useful in treating coccidiosis.
A preferred method according to this inven-tion is a method for controlling coccidiosis in poultry which comprises orally administering to -the poultry a compound of forrnula (V). I
An additional embodiment of the invention is a composition comprising a compound of the above formula admixed with a suitable carrier. A preferred formula is a poultry feedstuff or premix composition comprising a compound of formula (V) and a suitable carrier.
lS The compounds of formula (V) are preferably used in combination with a polyether antibiotic. It is therefore yet another object of the presen~t invention to provide an anticoccidial combination, a method for controlling coccidiosis in animals employing such a combination, as well as compositions containing such a combination .
The compounds of formula (V) are prefer-ably used in combination with a polyether antibiotic.
The polyether antibiotics are a class of compounds produced by the Streptomyces genus of microorganisms.
They are characterized by comprising a multiplicity of cyclic ethers in their structure. The class of compounds is reviewed in Kirk-Othmer: Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Vol. 3, Third Editivn (John Wiley & Sons, Ind. 197~), page 47 et seq.; in X~5495M -35-Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 10, -(Academic Press, N.Y. 1975), page 246 et seq.; and in J. Chrom. Lib., Vol. 15 (Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., N.Y., 1978), page 4S8 et se~.
As with most products of fer~lentation, the ?olyether antibiotics generally comprise more than one factor. The combinations provided as one aspect of this invention include the various individual Eactors as well as mixtures thereof. Also, many of the poly-10 ether antibiotics form derivatives such as esters, ethers, salts, amides, or the like, and these genexally are active themselves or are readily converted in vivo to an active form of the antibiotic. Accordingly, all such derivatives are usable in combinations of this invention. All that is necessary is ~hat an active moiety of a polyether antibiotic be delivered in vivo so as to reach the site of coccidial infection.
Typical of the polyether antibiotics to be employed in the combinations of this invention are the following. Monensin, which includes principal factors A, B and C and salts thereof, is described in U.S.
Patent No. 3,501, 568. Several derivatives of monensin ; have been disclosed, for instance in U.S. Patent No.
3,832,358 and European Patent No. 11,859. A partic-ularly preferred combination of this invention is monensin, primarily factors A and B, as the sodium salt, together with a compound of the invention. Alsv preferred is the combination of the 4-bromophenyl-urethan of monensin described in EP 11,859, together with a present novel compound.

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X~5~95~1 -36-Polyether antibiotics A204, lasalocid (X-537A), dianemycin, nigericin and X-206 are described in U.S.
Patent No. 3,794,732. A number of derivatives of lasalocid are described in U.S. Patent No. 3,944,573 and 4,247,690.
Ionomycin is a polyether antibiotic obtained by cultivating the microorganism Streptomyces conglobatus ATCC No. 31005. The production o~ ionomycin and its properties are described in U.S. Patent No. 3,873,693.
1 Laidlomycin is a polyether antibiotic described by Kitame _ al. in J. Antibiot., 27, 884-888 (1974)._ Grisorixin is the name assigned to deoxy-ni~ericin, and is described in French Patent No.
2,097,053. As noted above, nigericin is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,794,732.
Lenoremycin, also referred to as "antibio-tic A-130A" is a polyether antibiotic produced by Streptomyces _y roscopicus ATCC No. 21840. The properties of lenoremycin are detailed in U.S. Patent No. 3,903,264.
U.S. Patent Nos. 4,038,384 and q,085,224 describe the preparation and use of narasin and saLino-mycin. Narasin is referred to therein as "A-28086".
Lonomyc-in is a polyether also known as "antibiotic TM481", "antibiotic DE 3936" and "emericid".
Its preparation and use are described in J. Antibiotics, 29, No. 1, 15--20 (1976). Derivatives of lonomycin are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,199,515.

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( X-5495M -37-Alborixin, also known as "514750/A" is derived from Streptomyces hygroscopicus NRRL 5077 and is described in Britisn Patent No. 1,541,485.
Septamycin is a polyether produced by cul-tivating Streptomyces albus NRRL 38a3. This compoundwas initially referred to as "A~8695A" and "~28695B`', as well as "BL580". Its properties are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,839,558 and 4,189,537.
Etheromycin is also known as "antibiotic 38~95" and "CP38295". It is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,129,578.
Mutalamycin is a polyether derivative of lonomycin and is described in ~elgian Patent No.
845,708. It is also referred to as "S11743A".
Preferred polyether antibiotics to be employed in the combinations of this invention include monensin, monensin phenylurethan derivatives, narasiri, lasalocid, salinomycin, A-204, Lonomycin, X-206, ni~ericin, and dianemycin.
The terrn "effective anticoccidial amount", as defined herein refers to an amount of a compound or combination of the invention which kills or severely innibits the growth of coccidiosis disease causing organisms. When a compound of formula V is used alone as a coccidiostat, this amount will generally be from about 1 to about 1000 ppm, more preferably from about 10 to 400 ppm of naphthalenamine. The exact concen-tration of compound required depends on the organism sought to be controlled, animal type, and the like.
The anticoccidial amounts re~uired for combinations of the invention are detailed below.

X-5495~1 -38-According to another aspect of this inven-tion, a polyether antibiotic and a compound of formula (V) are employed for the control of coccidiosis in com-bination, in amounts of about 1 to about 10 parts by weight of polyether antibiotic and about 10 to about 1 part by weight of a compound of the invention. The invention will typically be practiced in treating coccidiosis in poultry, and the treatment is generally accomplished by orally administering to the poultry to be treated a poultry feedstuff comprising an amount of the naphthalenamine, and an amount of a polyether antibiotic which in combination are effective against at least one coccidiosis-causing strain of Eimeria.
Typically, a present naphthalenamine will be employed in the combination in an amount from about 10 to about 400 ppm. E~emplary amounts of typical polyether anti--biotics to be employed are:
from about 20 to about 120 ppm of monensin;
; from about 25 to about 100 ppm of narasin;
from about 35 to about 125 ppm of lasalocid;
from about 2S to about 100 ppm of salinomycin from about 1 to about S0 ppm of A-204;
Erom about 50 to about 100 ppm of dianemycin;
from about 40 to about 80 ppm of ionomycin;
from about 10 to about 120 ppm of monensin factor A, 4-nitrophenylurethan;
from about 30 to about 2Q0 ppm of laidlomycin;
from about 15 to about 95 ppm of grisorixin;
from about 20 to about 95 ppm of lenoremycin;
3G from about lS to about 150 ppm of mutdlomyc.n:

from about 50 to about 200 ppm of nigericin;
from about 10 to about 120 ppm of X-206.
While a preferred embodiment of the invention is a combination wherein a single polyether antibiotic and a compound of the invention are the sole anti-coccidial agents, a combination can contain more than one polyether antibiotic and more than one novel com-pound. For ex~nple, a combination of the invention may comprise about 1 part by weight of a naphthalenamine, about 5 parts by weight of lasalocid, and about 5 parts by weight of salinomycin. The most preferred com-bination of the invention is, however, about 1 to 2 parts by weight of naphthalenamine and from about 1 to about 10 parts by weight of monensin, especially monensin factors A and B as the sodiurn salts.
partlcularly preferred composition for feeding to poultry according to this invention is onç containing from about 5 to about 50 ppm of a naphthalenamine and from about 25 to about 80 ppm of commercially available monensin. The most preferred compound of the invention to be employed in the combinations of this invention is 4-bromo~ 2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl~-1-naphthalenamine.
As noted above, preferred methods of the invention comprise treating poultry for coccidial infections. The compounds and compositions of tne present invention can be used with all species of poultry, for example quail, ducks, geese, pheasants, chickens and turkeys. Because of their economic im-portance, chickens and turkeys are the typical recip-4~3~

ients of anticoccidial treatment. Typical poultry coccidiosis causing organisms which the present com-pounds and combinations are useful in eradicating include Eimeria necatri:i, E. tenella, E~ acervulina, E. brunetti, E. mivati, and E. maxima.
The methods provided herein may be practiced for the prophylactic control of coccidiosis, for in-stance by the routine and continued administration to an animal susceptible to coccidiosis of an effective amount of a compound or combination provided by the invention, as well as for the therapeutic treatment of coccidiosis in animals so infected. The compounds and combinations can be formuLated for convenient admin-istration to animals by any number of routes, including the oral, intramuscular, intravenous, subcutaneous and related routes. 1he compounds and comhinations are preferably formulated for systemic administration to animals.
For treatment of poultry according to this invention, the naphthalenamines, both alone and in combination with polyether antibiotics, are preferably formulated for oral administration, for instance as a feedstuff, by addïtion to the normal daily feed ration of the animals. Ideally, the compound or combination will be uniformly dispersed throughout a Einished animal feed mixture. Such medicated feed mixture is then administered ad lib. to animals such as chickens and turkeys. The normal concentration of compound or combination to be employed in a feedst.uff will be from about 10 grams per ton to about 400 grams per ton, and ~2~

more pre~erably about 20 g/T to about 200 g/T. Poultry will routinely consume about 5 to about 200 grams of such feedstuff per day, depending upon size and age of the bird.
Any of a number of poultry feedstuffs can be utili~ed as suitable carriers or diluents for the compounds or combina-tions defined above. Typical feedstuffs include the following:
Broiler Starter 1 Ingredients Percent Corn, Yellow, Ground 50.0 Soybean Oil Meal, Solvent Extracted, Dehulled (50~)30.9 Animal Fat 6.5 Fish Meal with Solubles (60~) 5.0 15 Corn Distillers Dried Solubles 4.0 ~icalcium Phosphate, Feed Grade 1.8 Calcium Carbonate (Ground Limestone) 0.8 Vitamin Premix TK-l (1.03) 1/ 0.5 Salt (NaCl) 0.3 Trace Mineral Premix TK-Ol (1.02) 2/ 0.1 Methionine Hydroxy Analog 0.1 Total 100.0 Broiler Grower Ingredient Percent Corn, Yellow, Ground 57.7 25 Soybean Meal, Solvent, Extracted, Dehulled (50%) 31.7 Animal Fat (Beef tallow) 6.0 Dicalcium Phosphate, Feed Grade 2.7 Calcium Carbonate (Ground Li.mestone) 0.9 Vitami.n Premix TK-Ol (1.03) 1/ 0.5 Salt (NaCl) 0.2 Methionine Hydroxy Analog 0.2 30 Trace Mineral Premix TK 01 (1002) 2/ 0.1 Total 100.0 C ck Starter, Li~ht Breeds_ Irlgredients Percent Corn, Yellow, Ground 56.3 Soybean Meal, Solvent Extracted, Dehulled (50%) 17.9 Wheat Middlings 10.0 Corn DistilLers ~ried Solubles 5.0 Fish Meal with Solubles 5.0 Alfalfa Meal, Dehydrated (17%) 2.5 Dicalcium Phosphate, Feed Grade 1.3 Calcium Carbonate 0.9 10 Vitamin Pre~ixl 0 5 Salt (NaCl) 0.3 Methionine Hydroxy Analog 0.2 Trace Mineral Premix 0.1 Total 100.0 Pullet Grower ' ' ~ ents Percent Corn, Yellow, Ground . 73.5 Soybean Meal, Solvent Extracted, Dehulle~l (50b) 21.9 Dicalcium Phosphate, Feed Grade 2.5 Calcium Carbonate 1.0 20 Vi.tamin Premixl 0.5 Salt (NaCl) 0-3 Methionine Hydroxy Analog 0.2 Trace Mineral Pre~ix 0.1 Total 100.0 ( X-5495M 43-PulLet Deve].oper ~ _ercent Corn, Yellow, Ground 67.5 Oats, Ground Whole 15.0 Soybean Meal, Solvent Extracted, Dehulled (50~) 13.4 Dicalcium Phosphate, Feed Grade2.1 Calcium Carbonate 1.0 Vitamin Premixl 0.5 Meth.ionine Hydroxy Analog 0.3 Salt (NaCl) 2 0.2 10 Trace Mineral Premix 0.1 Total 100.0 Turkey Starter Ingredients Percent Soybean Meal, Solvent Extracted, Dehulled 40.7 Corn, Yellow, Ground 3~.7 Fish Meal with Solubles 5.0 Beef Tallow 5.0 Corn Distillers Dried Solubles2.5 Alfalfa Meal, Dehydrated (17%)2.5 Dicalcium Phosphate, Feed Grade2.5 20 Calcium Carbonate 1.2 vitarllin Premixl - S
Salt (NaCl) 2 0.2 Trace Mineral Prernix 0.1 Methionine Hydroxy Analog 0.1 Total 100.0 ~z~

Turkey Finisher _ngredients Percent Corn, Yellow, Ground 71.2 Soybean Meal, Solvent Extracted, Dehulled (50~) 9 9 Corn Distillers Dried Solubles5.0 Alfalfa Meal, Dehydrated (17%)5.0 Animal Fat 3.0 Fish Meal with Solubles 2.5 Dicalcium Phosphate, Feed Grade1.7 Calcium Carbonate 0.5 Vitamin Premixl 0-5 10 Salt (NaCl) 0.4 Methionine Hydroxy Analog 0.2 Trace Mineral Premix 0.1 Total 100.0 l/Vitamin premix provides 3000 IU of vit~min A, 900 ICU of vitamin D, 40 mg. of vitamin E., 0.7 mg. of vitamin K, 1000 mg. of choline, 70 mg. of niacin, 4 mg. of pantothenic acid, 4 mg. of riboflavin, 0.10 mg- of vitarnin B12, 0.10 mg. of biotin and 125 mg. of ethoxyquin per kg. of complete feed.
2/Trace mineral premix provides 75 mg. of manganese, 50 mg. of zinc, 25 mg. of iror. and 1 mgO of iodine per kg. of complete feed.
A compound of formula (V) can be admixed with any such poultry feedstuffs so that the final feedstuff contains from about 10 to about 400 grams of naph-thalenamine per ton of feedstuff. For example, about 100 g. of 4-(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(tri1uoromethyl)phenyl]-1-naphthalenamine can be added to about one ton of ~roiler Growex- mixture to provide a suitable formulation. Similarly, about ; 30 3~

X-5495i~ -45-200 g. of 4-fluoro-N-~3-chloro-2,4-dinitro-6-(tri-fluoromethyl)phenyl]-l-naphthalenamine can be uniformly admixed with about one ton of Turkey Finisher for administratlon to turkeys.
Similarly, an anticoccidial combination of the invention can be admixed with any such poultry feedstuf so that ~he final feedstuff contains about 10 to about ~00 grams of active agent per ton of feed-stuff. For example, about 50 g. of 4-bromo-N-[2,~-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1-naphthalenarnine can be added to about 50 g. of monensin sodium and combined with about one ton of Broiler Grower rnixture as prepared above for use according to this invention.
Also, about 60 g. of a naphthalenamine of the invention can be combined with about 60 g. of a monensin urethane derivative and combined with about one ton of Turkey Finisher for administration to turkeys pursuant to the present rnethod.
The compounds and combinations of the present invention can also be formulated as a feedstuff premix by rnixing either with a suitable physiologically-acceptable carrier or diluent. Examples of such car-riers or diluents include rice hulls, ground corn cobs, and finely divided material derived from cereal grains;
oil seeds and their byproducts; foraqes, silages, and their by-products; by-products of the lumber, sugar, fruit juice, and vegetable juice industries; clays such as diatomaceous earth; vermiculite; solvent-extracted soybean feed; soybean mill run; corn flour; rnilo flour;
wheat middlings, and alfalfa meal. A mixture of a present compound and carrier or diluent will preferably contain about 5 to about gO percent by weight of the naphthalenamine, and more preferably about 20 to about 70 percent by weight. This premix formulation is then usually rnixed with a normal feed ration at a rate so that the active ingredient is present in about 10 to about 400 grams æer ton of final feed ration.
A compound or combination of the invention substantially dissolved in water, for exarnple in the drinking water of poultry such as chickens and turkeys, comprises yet another formulation provided by this invention. Due to the low solubility typical of the present compounds in water, it is preferable to prepare water-soluble powders or dispersible powders comprising a compound of the invention admixed with carriers such as dextrose, sucrose, dimethyl sulfoxide, or the like.
Typically, the naphthalenamine wiil be present in such forms in about 0.01 to about 30 percent by weight.
Such powder or liquid formulations are conveniently added to the poultry drinking water at the site of administration.
The anticoccidial activity of representative compounds and cornbinations of the present invention is demonstrated by the following experiments.
Experiment 1 The compounds provided by this invention display anticoccidial activity. The initial screen used to deterrnine such activity in vivo was performed as follows. Five one-week-old broiler chicks were X-~495M -47-placed in the same cage. The animals were fed a medicated or control ration for one day prior to infection with oocysts of the coccidiosis-causing organism Eimeria teneLla. The chicks were maintained on their respective rations for a period of time after infection, typically for seven days. ~nticoccidial efflcacy was then determined by cecal lesion scores.
In determinirlg lesion scores, the birds were sacrificed and the severity of lesions were scored on a 0-4 scale, with lesion free birds scored as 0, extremely severe infections scored as 4, and intermediate degrees of infection scored as 1, 2, or 3. The scores of all birds which received a given treatment were averaged.
Table 1 which follows presents the results of tests performed with Examples 2 and 4 of the present invention. It is also indicated in the Table in the event the concentration of the test compound admin-istered to the birds was toxic.
Table 1 20Example No.
of Concentration Cecal Lesion Compound Tested (ppm) Score __ _ _ 2 200 0.0 (toxic) 4 200 0.0 (toxic) 190 toxic ~7 4.0 Experiment 2 Examples 2 and 4 of the present invention were also tested against additional coccidiosis~
causing organisms and at lower concentrations of test compound. This experiment was performed in the same manner as Experiment 1 with the exception that the birds were ~ed the medicated or controL ration for two days prior to infection. The additional organisms tested against were Eimeria acervulina ar-d Eimeria maxima, which act in the intestine of the birds. The scores were also recorded as above with the exception that intestinal lesions were scored in three areas of the gut so that the total theoretical lesions for the intestinal score is 12. The animals were inoculated with strains of Eimeria acervulina (strain 59) and Eimeria maxima ~strain F.S. 177). Tables 2 and 3 present the results of these tests.
Table 2 Dose Intestinal Lesion Scores 20 Treatment(ppm)~epllcates ~ean Control 2 5.10 Example 250 3 0 00 3 0.07 3 6.47 L~

X-5495~: -49-Table 3 Dose Intestinal Lesion Scores Treatment (ppm) Replicates Mean Control 3 4.93 Example 4 lO0 3 0.00 3 0.00 3 0.40 3 0.20 Intestinal and cecal lesion scores were assigned to broiler cockerels inoculated with _imeria acervulina (strain 59), Eimeria tenella (strain 155), and Eimeria maxima (strain F.S. 177). The results of these __ experiments appear in Tables 4-7 below.
Table 4 Lesion Scores Dose Intestinal Cecal Treatment (ppm) Replicates Mean ~ Mean 20 Control 3 6.40 3 2.73 Example 2 200 3 0.00 3 1.56 175 3 0.00 3 0.30 lS0 3 o.oo 3 0 33 Table 5 Lesion Scores Dose Intestinal Cecal Treatment (ppm) Replicates Mean Replicates Mean Control 3 1.5 3 3.44 Example 2 150 2 0.00 2 1.50 100 2 0.00 2 0.96 S0 2 0.00 2 1.20 Table 6 Lesion Scores Dose Intestinal Cecal Treatment (ppm) Replicates Mean Replicates Mean S Control 2 4.40 2 3.20 Example 4 200 3 0.00 3 0.93 150 3 0.00 3 -100 3 0.00 3 0.87 Table 7 Lesion Scores Dose Intestinal Cecal Treatment (ppm) Replicates Mean Replicates Mean -Control 2 4.53 2 3.90 E~ample 4 40 3 0.33 3 2.80 2 3.30 2 3~70 2 4.63 2 3.75 Exampl.e 4 of the present invention was also tested in combination with monensin accordin~ to the procedure of Experiment 2. The results of these tests appear below in Tables 8-11.

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0 4.531.501.30 0.00 ~0 4.630.600.00 3.300.000.00 ~ 40 0.33 l`able 9 Cecal Lesion Scores _ onensin (ppm) ~ 0 25 50 100 _ 0 3.903.332.10 0.00 .
3.752.731.27 ~: ~20 3.701.070.80 x ~o 2.80 ~2~

The combinations herein provided also cause a beneficial effect on weight gain of animals. For example, poul~ry receiving the combinations gain more weight than when receiving the individual ingredients, and also exhibit a better feed to gain ratio. The following data demonstrates the improved weight gain and feed utili~ation efficiency of broiler cockerals when receiving a combinati.on of monensin sodium salt and Example 4.

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Table 10 Average Survivor Weight Gain in Grams Monensin (ppm) ~ 0 25 50 100 0 169.1 167.0 244.1 219.1 157.1 216.7 244.1 181.4 230.2 235.3 ~40 181.9 Table 11 Average Feed/Gain Monensin (ppm) Q~ 0 25 50 100 .~ 0 2.542 1.5251.604.
1.621 l.S35 E20 I.. 847 1.611 1.574 X40 ~.. 834 :~5

Claims (4)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. An anticoccidial composition which comprises as active ingredients a naphthaleneamine of the formula (V):

(V) wherein:
R1 is C1-C4 alkyl;
R2 is halogen, C1-C4 fluoroalkyl, C1-C4 fluoroalkoxy or C1-C4 fluoroalkylthio;
R3 is halogen;
R4 is hydrogen or halogen;
m is 0, 1 or 2; and n is 0 or l;
with the proviso that when an R3 substituent exists it is at other than the 2-position, and a polyether antibiotic; associated with a suitable carrier.

2. An acticoccidial composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein in the naphthalenamine of formula (I), m is 0 and R4 is hydrogen.

3. An anticoccidial composition as claimed in claim 2, wherein the naphthalenamine of formula (I) is 4-chloro-N-[2,4-dinitro-6-(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]-1-naphthalenamine.

4. An anticoccidial composition as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3 which is in the form of a food premix.