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Table 1 Number of days and ticks collected from the animals in the non-protected (untreated), acaricide/repellent (permethrin) and acaricide only (fipronil) groups

From: Seasonal and spatial distribution of ixodid tick species feeding on naturally infested dogs from Eastern Austria and the influence of acaricides/repellents on these parameters

 

Days

Ticks

Ticks/day

Ticks/month

Untreated (n=30)

24990

530

0.021

0.636

Permethrin (n=30)

2856

53

0.019

0.557

Fipronil (n=30)

2548

101

0.040

1.189

Total

30394

684

  
  1. The number of dogs per group is given in brackets (n). If ticks were removed from dogs of the acaricide or acaricide/repellent groups outside the protection time, the dogs were considered to be “untreated” and the time was added to the number of days of the untreated group.
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Parasites & Vectors

ISSN: 1756-3305

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