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Table 8 Study 2: 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)

(S)-methoprene/

amitraz/fipronil

(Group 3)

retreatment: Day 35

(S)-methoprene/

amitraz/fipronil (Group 4)

2*

75.3

0.3

0.5

-

8

69.3

0.0

0.0

-

15

83.4

0.0

0.1

-

22

80.9

0.0

0.5

-

29

85.4

0.0

1.1

-

36

73.9

0.4

0.0**

-

43

75.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

50

74.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

57

75.8

0.1

0.8

0.0

64

72.5

0.0

1.0

5.9

71

85.3

0.4

10.6

17.5

  1. * flea counts 48 h after treatment.
  2. ** flea counts 24 h after re-treatment.