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Table 7 Efficacy of imidacloprid 10%/flumethrin 4.5% collars 48 hours after each infestation of cats with Ixodes ricinus

From: Efficacy of an imidacloprid/flumethrin collar against fleas and ticks on cats

Study day or week

Activity and efficacy (%)

Tick species

Ixodes ricinus

Day āˆ’2

20ā™‚, 20ā™€ ticks

Ā Ā 

Day āˆ’1

-

20ā™‚, 20ā™€ ticks

20ā™‚, 20ā™€ ticks

Day 0

Collars fitted to cats in treated groups

Day 2 (therapeutic efficacy)

62.8

95.5

54.1

Day 7

100

100

100

Week 4

100

100

100

Week 8

100

100

100

Week 12

100

100

100

Week 16

100

100

100

Week 20

100

100

100

Week 24

100

100

100

Week 28

100

100

*

Week 32

100

100

100

Week 34

100

100

100

  1. * No efficacy determined because of a shortage of ticks.