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Table 4 Kennel 2: Geometric mean (GM), range and percentage reduction of faecal egg counts (epg) of nematode parasites in the 3 treatment groups

From: Helminth control in kennels: is the combination of milbemycin oxime and praziquantel a right choice?

Treatment

Hookworms

Toxocara canis

Trichuris vulpis

Group

 

Day 0

Day 7

Day 14

Day 21

Day 0

Day 7

Day 14

Day 21

Day 0

Day 7

Day 14

Day 21

T1 (GM epg)

65.5

0

0

0

88.7

0

0

0

146.3

0

0

0

Range (epg)

2-534

0

0

0

2-422

0

0

0

2-932

0

0

0

% reduction

-

100

100

100

-

100

100

100

-

100

100

100

T2 (GM epg)

76.3

0

0

0

75.8

2.3

0

0

138.5

0

0

0

Range (epg)

36-588

0

0

0

2-922

0-4

0

0

48-672

0

0

0

% reduction

-

100

100

100

-

97.1

100

100

-

100

100

100

T3 (GM epg)

80.6

0

0

0

92.9

4.0

0

0

112.9

4.0

5.2

0

Range (epg)

2-626

0

0

0

18-1080

0-18

0

0

4-526

0-8

0-10

0

% reduction

-

100

100

100

-

95.7

100

100

-

96.4

95.4

100

  1. T1 = Group treated with Milbemax® (Novartis Animal Health, Inc.); T2 = Group treated with Drontal Plus Flavour® (Bayer); T3 = Group treated with Nemex® POP (Zoetis).