Table 1 Day 0 flea counts of untreated control and lotilaner-treated dogs with moribund fleas counted as dead or included in live flea counts (moribund fleas counted as alive)
From: Assessment of the onset of lotilaner (Credelio™) speed of kill of fleas on dogs
Time post-treatment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 min | 1 h | 2 h | 8 h | ||
Control Group | |||||
Moribund fleas counted as dead | Range | 78–100 | 45–100 | 34–100 | 57–100 |
Arithmetic mean ± SD | 88.8 ± 9.5 | 76.5 ± 17.9 | 79.0 ± 22.4 | 82.5 ± 14.1 | |
Geometric mean | 88.3 | 74.5 | 75.2 | 81.4 | |
Moribund fleas counted as alive | Range | 78–100 | 46–100 | 34–100 | 57–100 |
Arithmetic mean ± SD | 88.8 ± 9.5 | 76.9 ± 17.7 | 79.1 ± 22.5 | 82.9 ± 14.3 | |
Geometric mean | 88.3 | 74.9 | 75.4 | 81.7 | |
Lotilaner Group | |||||
Moribund fleas counted as dead | Range | 41–81 | 72–97 | 9–100 | 0–8 |
Arithmetic mean ± SD | 77.3 ± 21.0 | 81.5 ± 8.3 | 39.3 ± 35.6 | 1.0 ± 2.8 | |
Geometric mean | 74.5 | 81.2 | 27.1 | 0.3 | |
Moribund fleas counted as alive | Range | 42–100 | 75–100 | 31–100 | 0–8 |
Arithmetic mean ± SD | 77.4 ± 20.7 | 84.3 ± 8.2 | 52.4 ± 26.0 | 1.0 ± 2.8 | |
Geometric mean | 74.7 | 83.9 | 48.0 | 0.3 | |