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Table 5 Study 1: Mean numbers of fleas on treated dogs 48 h after treatment and 24 h after each re-infestation with Ctenocephalides felis felis

From: Efficacy of slow-release collar formulations of imidacloprid/flumethrin and deltamethrin and of spot-on formulations of fipronil/(s) - methoprene, dinotefuran/pyriproxyfen/permethrin and (s) –methoprene/amitraz/fipronil against Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Ctenocephalides felis felis on dogs

Day

Mean numbers of fleas (24 h after re-infestation)

Untreated controls (Group 1)

Imidacloprid/

flumethrin (Group 2)

Deltamethrin

(Group 3)

Fipronil/

(s)-methoprene (Group 4)

Dinotefuran/

pyriproxyfen/

permethrin (Group 5)

2*

70.4

0.1

21.4

-

-

9

70.1

0.0

15.3

-

-

16

78.8

0.0

21.1

-

-

23

80.0

0.0

14.3

-

-

30

83.8

0.0

17.9

-

-

58

69.6

0.0

13.9

-

-

86

72.0

0.0

19.5

-

-

114

72.5

0.3

24.1

-

-

142

72.3

0.4

16.4

-

-

163

72.5

-

-

0.0*

0.0*

170

78.0

2.8

13.3

0.0

0.0

177

88.8

6.0

-

0.0

2.0

184

89.1

2.3

-

0.0

1.1

191

91.4

5.0

-

1.4

13.3

198

97.1

8.9

-

11.1

25.5

226

82.6

5.9

-

  
  1. * Flea counts 48 h after treatment.