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Table 2 Mean live Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato counts and efficacy relative to placebo at 12 hours after treatment and post-treatment re-infestations for dogs treated with a single oral dose of either sarolaner or afoxolaner on Day 01

From: Comparative speed of kill of sarolaner (Simparica™) and afoxolaner (NexGard®) against induced infestations of Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. on dogs

Treatment

 

Day of treatment or re-infestation

 

0

7

14

21

28

35

Placebo

Range

17–42

20–38

15–40

19–40

27–40

25–41

A. mean

28.6

30.5

30.9

31.9

34.4

32.1

G. mean2

27.5a

29.6a

29.8a

31.1a

34.2a

31.8a

Sarolaner

Range

0–2

8–27

13–25

22–31

15–31

20–38

A. mean

0.3

20.0

19.8

24.9

24.6

27.3

Efficacy (%)

99.1

34.4

36.0

22.0

28.4

15.2

G. mean2

0.1b

18.9b

19.1b

24.7a

24.2b

26.7a

Efficacy (%)

99.5

36.1

35.9

20.5

29.2

15.9

P-value vs. placebo

<0.0001

0.0142

0.0061

0.0754

0.0020

0.0715

Afoxolaner

Range

0–5

26–42

16–34

23–36

25–33

23–35

A. mean

2.4

34.4

26.3

29.9

29.9

30.7

Efficacy (%)

91.5

0.0

14.9

6.3

13.1

4.4

G. mean2

1.7c

33.9a

25.5a,b

29.4a

29.7a

30.5a

Efficacy (%)

93.8

0.0

14.6

5.5

13.0

4.1

P-value vs. placebo

<0.0001

0.3251

0.3213

0.6858

0.0553

0.6435

P-value vs. sarolaner

0.0286

0.0015

0.0732

0.0770

0.0463

0.1679

  1. 1 n = 7 for afoxolaner, n = 8 for placebo and sarolaner groups
  2. 2Geometric means within columns with the same superscript are not significantly different (P > 0.05)