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Table 3 Flea count data for each treatment group

From: A randomised, blinded, controlled field study to assess the efficacy and safety of lotilaner tablets (Credelio™) in controlling fleas in client-owned dogs in European countries

 

Lotilaner

Fipronil

95% Confidence interval

Lotilaner/Fipronil

Day 0

Arithmetic mean ± SD

15.0 ± 22.0

11.7 ± 16.2

Not applicable

Rangea

5–101

5–101

 

Geometric mean

9.7

8.5

 

Day 14

Arithmetic mean ± SD

0.2 ± 0.6

2.7 ± 11.1

0.57–0.80

Range

0–4

0–86

 

Geometric mean

0.1

0.6

 

Day 28

Arithmetic mean ± SD

0.1 ± 0.7

4.9 ± 15.7

0.47–0.71

Rangea

0–8

0–101

 

Geometric mean

0.1

0.8

 

Day 56

Arithmetic mean ± SD

0.01 ± 0.1

2.3 ± 8.4

0.57–0.78

Range

0–1

0–58

 

Geometric mean

0.01

0.5

 

Day 84

Arithmetic mean ± SD

0.04 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 6.9

0.70–0.91

Range

0–3

0–53

 

Geometric mean

0.02

0.3

 
  1. Abbreviation: SD standard deviation
  2. aAny count > 100 was assigned the value 101