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Table 5 Geometric mean number of live or moribund mosquitoes per dog and insecticidal efficacy (%) of DPP after 24, 48 and 72 h of incubation after exposure on Days 21 and 28

From: Shifting the paradigm in Dirofilaria immitis prevention: blocking transmission from mosquitoes to dogs using repellents/insecticides and macrocyclic lactone prevention as part of a multimodal approach

Exposure Day

Groups 1 and 3 (untreateda)

Incubation Time (h)

Groups 2 and 4 (DPPb)

Incubation Time (h)

24

48

72

24

48

72

21

20.0/27.2c

18.3d

16.8d

3.6/28.4

81.8%

3.5

80.7%

3.5

78.9%

28

17.6/21.8

16.5

15.2

3.5/22.6

80.4%

3.2

80.3%

3.2

78.6%

Overall efficacy

   

81.1%

80.5%

78.7%

  1. aUntreated at the time of the mosquito exposure
  2. b DPP dinotefuran + permethrin + pyriproxyfen (Vectra® 3D) applied on Day 0
  3. cMean number surviving/total recovered
  4. dMean number surviving