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Table 1 Adult cat flea emergence from cocoa mat samples collected from simulated home

From: Evaluation of the efficacy of topically administered imidacloprid + pyriproxyfen and orally administered spinosad against cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis): Impact of treated dogs on flea life stages in a simulated home environment

  

Study day

Treatment group

 

0

7

14

21

28

35

42

49

56

63

C (control)

Geometric Means

42.2 a

30.6 a

49.0 a

98.6 a

94.7 a

86.1 a

74.7 a

53.0 a

39.7 a

34.6 a

 

Totals

520

344

804

1,142

1,077

1,024

843

700

435

404

B (spinosad)

Geometric Means

47.5 a

14.0 a

15.4 b

17.5 b

2.2 b

0.4 b

1.8 b

1.5 b

0.3 b

0.2 b

 

Totals

527

191

201

208

30

11

29

25

5

4

 

% Reduction vs. Controls

-

54.1%

68.6%

82.2%

97.6%

99.5%

97.6%

97.1%

99.3%

99.5%

A (imidacloprid + PPF)

Geometric Means

47.7 a

1.4 b

1.3 c

1.7 c

0.3 c

0.2 b

0.4 c

0.1 c

0.0 b

0.0 b

 

Totals

519

32

23

28

6

3

5

2

0

0

 

% Reduction

vs. Controls

-

95.5%

97.4%

98.3%

99.7%

99.7%

99.5%

99.7%

100%

100%

  1. For each study day, means followed by different letters indicate a significant difference between the treatments (p < 0.03).
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