Table 1 Design of a study aimed at determining the effectiveness of imidacloprid/flumethrin collars in preventing Dipylidium caninum infection in cats repeatedly infested with infected fleas
Study day | Activity |
|---|---|
-7 to - 1 | Acclimatization to cage environment |
- 6 | Infestation with non-infected fleas |
- 5 | Flea counts, 4 cats with lowest counts excluded from remainder of study |
- 2 | Ranking and allocation to 2 groups of 8 cats each |
0 | Imidacloprid/flumethrin collars fitted to treated group |
7 | Infestation with 200, infected* fleas** |
8 | Flea counts and re-infestation with the fleas that had been counted |
14 | Infestation with 200, infected* fleas** |
15 | Flea counts and re-infestation with the fleas that had been counted |
21 | Infestation with 200, infected* fleas**; daily examination of faeces for expelled proglottids commences |
22 | Flea counts and re-infestation with the fleas that had been counted |
28 | Infestation with 200, infected* fleas** |
29 | Flea counts and re-infestation with the fleas that had been counted |
60 | Daily examination of faeces for expelled proglottids ceases |
61 | Necropsy and collection and counting of scoleces |