Table 1 Geometric (arithmetic) mean live A. cajennense counts and ranges for placebo and treated dogs and percent efficacy relative to placebo for dogs treated once orally with sarolaner chewable tables at 2 mg/kg on day 0 for evaluations performed at 48 h after treatment and post-treatment re-infestations
From: Efficacy of sarolaner (Simparic™) against induced infestations of Amblyomma cajennense on dogs
Placebo | Sarolaner | % Efficacy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Day | Mean | Range | Dogs with ticks | Mean | Range | Dogs with ticks | ||
48 h post-treatment | 2 | 47.0 (49.2) | 27–73 | 0/10 | 0.0a (0.0) | 0–0 | 0/10 | 100 |
48 h post-infestation | 7 | 50.5 (51.8) | 32–68 | 0/10 | 0.0a (0.0) | 0–0 | 0/10 | 100 |
14 | 48.2 (50.6) | 28–73 | 0/10 | 0.0a (0.0) | 0–0 | 0/10 | 100 | |
21 | 54.0 (56.2) | 34–83 | 0/10 | 0.1a (0.1) | 0–1 | 1/10 | 9.99 | |
28 | 53.2 (56.4) | 27–80 | 0/10 | 0.1a (0.2) | 0–1 | 2/10 | 7.99 | |
35 | 51.5 (54.8) | 24–78 | 0/10 | 0.2a (0.3) | 0–1 | 3/10 | 6.99 | |