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Table 4 Geometric mean number of blood-fed and live mosquitoes and immediate anti-feeding and knock-down efficacy of DPPa (administered on Day 0) after 1 h of exposure (%) at weekly intervals over 1 month

From: Blocking the transmission of heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) to mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti) by weekly exposure for one month to microfilaremic dogs treated once topically with dinotefuran-permethrin-pyriproxyfen

 

Control

DPPa

Efficacy (%)

Day

Fed

Live

Fed

Live

Anti-feeding

Knock-down

−7

68.7

81.8

59.1

66.8

7

68.5

75.9

0

0

100

100

14

74.6

80.3

1.5

1.4

98.0

98.3

21

57.6

73.7

2.4

3.3

95.8

95.5

28

67.5

71.9

2

1.5

97.0

98.0

  1. aDPP: dinotefuran + permethrin + pyriproxyfen (Vectra® 3D)