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Table 3 Efficacy of a combination formulation of 10% imidacloprid +1% moxidectin against naturally infested Caparinia tripilis in African pygmy hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris)

From: Efficacy of a combination of 10% imidacloprid and 1% moxidectin against Caparinia tripilis in African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)

Groups

Control

Treatment

Body regions

Days post treatmenta

0

3

9

16

30

0

3

9

16

30

Ears

Left

5.2

5.9

10.7

15.7

7.9

4.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Right

3.9

3.7

13.4

11.0

18.3

7.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Mean

4.6

4.8

12.1

13.4

13.1

6.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Ventral

Left pectoral

2.8

0.6

1.8

0.8

0.5

1.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Right pectoral

1.3

0.5

1.6

0.6

1.2

1.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Left abdominal

0.8

0.6

1.4

1.0

1.1

1.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Right abdominal

0.9

0.6

1.0

0.5

1.0

2.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Inguinal

0.5

0.0

0.8

0.9

1.3

1.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Mean

1.3

0.5

1.3

0.8

1.0

1.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dorsal

Dorsal neck

9.1

13.8

8.3

16.0

7.4

8.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Left dorsal thoracic

5.7

15.3

7.3

9.6

5.6

11.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Right dorsal thoracic

6.4

12.2

7.6

9.0

5.8

7.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Left lumbar

6.5

9.6

8.2

7.0

5.5

5.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Right lumbar

7.2

10.8

8.2

6.9

5.1

6.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Sacral

10.5

11.4

8.9

10.7

9.0

4.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Mean

7.6

12.2

8.1

9.9

6.4

7.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mean

 

4.7

6.5

6.1

6.9

5.4

5.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

% Efficacy

       

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

  1. a Advocate® for Cats (Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany) containing 10% imidacloprid + 1% moxidectin was administered once on the mid-dorsal part of each hedgehog. For abbreviation, refer to Table 1. Each number represents mean number of live mites observed from 10 hedgehogs using an otoscope (Piccolight®, KaWe, Berlin, Germany). Number of mites on approximately 0.5 cm2 of body surface was counted for each region. The percentage of efficacy (%) = (y-x)/y*100 (x= number of hedgehogs observed with live mites in the test group for each observation date, y = total number of hedgehogs in the test group for each observation date).