Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Sandfly counts and categorization

From: Anti-feeding efficacy of Activyl^® Tick Plus topical treatment of dogs against Phlebotomus perniciosus

Study group		Alive sandfly								Dead sandfly
Study group		Fed				Unfed				Fed				Unfed
		Min	AM	GM	Max	Min	AM	GM	Max	Min	AM	GM	Max	Min	AM	GM	Max
Day 2	Negative control	21	43.6	41.6	60	12	27.6	24.8	52	0	0	nc	0	0	1.0	nc	3
Day 2	Activyl^® Tick Plus	0	0.3	nc	1	35	49.0	48.1	62	0	0.5	nc	2	4	14.5	10.7	37
Day 7	Negative control	33	46.0	45.4	56	12	22.3	20.6	41	0	0	nc	0	0	4.5	nc	9
Day 7	Activyl^® Tick Plus	0	0.6	nc	3	33	50.3	49.5	63	0	0.5	nc	2	4	15.1	12.7	30
Day 14	Negative control	30	46.5	44.9	63	6	20.6	18.8	30	0	0	nc	0	0	6.1	nc	18
Day 14	Activyl^® Tick Plus	0	3.3	nc	14	47	57.9	57.6	66	0	0.1	nc	1	1	9.3	6.6	21
Day 21	Negative control	44	53.8	53.5	62	11	13.6	13.4	19	0	0	nc	0	1	2.5	2.3	4
Day 21	Activyl^® Tick Plus	2	7.6	6.5	12	57	62.8	62.6	69	0	0	nc	0	1	2.5	2.3	4
Day 29	Negative control	22	38.4	37.1	47	17	27.4	26.4	38	0	0	nc	0	2	6.4	5.8	10
	Activyl^® Tick Plus	2	6.4	5.7	10	53	57.0	56.9	62	0	0	nc	0	1	7.5	6.2	12

AM, arithmetic mean, GM, geometric mean; nc, could not be calculated (data were transformed using log10 (count + 1) to calculate anti-feeding efficacies).

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