| As a result, it has become standard to omit the use of a and b designations in naming avermectins. |
| Studies of livestock have found that the presence of avermectins slow the degradation of dung due to its harmful effects on dung insects. |
| Treatments for scabies are generally topical, although systemic ivermectin is also very effective, and other veterinary avermectins such as doramectin are also likely to work. |
| For the oestrids that extensively migrate like the Hypodermatinae, the avermectins are able to kill both migrating and furuncular stages. |
| However, it is now little used having been superseded by the more effective and safer avermectins. |
| This fungus produces a variety of toxins which are called avermectins. |
