Abstract: A method and composition for the elimination of fleas and ticks as well as the prevention and/or control of flea and tick infestation of animals, particularly household pets, which comprises applying a substantive, controlled release, coating of a solution of a polymeric material and an insecticide to the shafts of hair of the animal's coat.

Abstract: A valve-actuated aerosol package for separately storing and simultaneously dispensing in the form of a spray or stream a plurality of flowable materials. The package comprising a self-standing first container closed at one end with a dispensing valve at its opposite end and forming a first chamber. A piston diaphragm pressurably mated with the inner walls of the first chamber and dividing said chamber into an upper and lower chamber, a second coaxially mounted container within said upper chamber such that liquid cannot pass between said second container and said upper chamber. The valve-actuated aerosol package being operative to dispense flowable materials from said upper chamber and said second container separately and simultaneously or as a mixture through a dispensing nozzle.