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Table 1 Number of D. reticulatus collected in situ into the crates for the two treatment groups at 2 and 4 h post-infestation (proportion out of the 500 ticks used for infestation)

From: Repellency, prevention of attachment and acaricidal efficacy of a new combination of fipronil and permethrin against the main vector of canine babesiosis in Europe, Dermacentor reticulatus ticks

 

Untreated control group number of ticks in the crate (percent out of the total number of ticks)

Treated group number of ticks in the crate (percent out of the total number of ticks)

Number of ticks and dogs Infestation Day

500 ticks/10 dogs

500 ticks/10 dogs

1

12 (2%)

178 (36%)

7

7 (1%)

294 (59%)

14

9 (2%)

271 (54%)

21

22 (4%)

262 (52%)

28

8 (2%)

203 (41%)

  1. Number of ticks differed statistically significantly between treatment groups at each time count (p < 0.002).