Table 6 Percentage of households free of fleas or ticks

	Bravecto™ (fluralaner)	Frontline™ (fipronil)	p value	Lower 97.5% 1-sided C.I.^a
Fleas
Week 2	89.57%	62.30%	<0.0001	0.1498
Week 4	94.87%	63.93%	<0.0001	0.1916
Week 8	95.65%	70.49%	<0.0001	0.1416
Week 12	97.39%	81.97%	<0.0001	0.0586
Ticks
Week 2	97.67%	89.47%	0.0006	-0.0575
Week 4	97.67%	84.21%	0.0001	-0.0175
Week 8	97.67%	94.74%	0.0024	-0.0953
Week 12	100.0%	100.0%	n/a^b	n/a^b

^aResult greater than -0.15 required to declare significant non-inferiority. Result greater than 0 required to declare significant one-sided superiority with α = 0.025.
^bNo statistical test as all households were free of ticks at week 12.
n/a: not applicable.

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