A randomized, controlled field study to assess the efficacy and safety of lotilaner (Credelio™) in controlling ticks in client-owned cats in Europe

Table 5 Mean percentage efficacy against tick species over the treatment period compared with baseline (PP)

Species	Time point	Lotilaner		Fipronil
Species	Time point	Geometric mean tick count	Geometric % efficacy	Geometric mean tick count	Geometric % efficacy
Ixodes ricinus	Day 0	1.36	99.0	1.22	91.7
Ixodes ricinus	Mean	0.01	99.0	0.10	91.7
Rhipicephalus sanguineus	Day 0	0.53	100	0.45	97.2
Rhipicephalus sanguineus	Mean	0	100	0.01	97.2
Dermacentor reticulatus	Day 0	0.29	99.6	0.38	100
Dermacentor reticulatus	Mean	0	99.6	0.00	100
Ixodes hexagonus	Day 0	0.07	100	0.12	89.6
Ixodes hexagonus	Mean	0	100	0.01	89.6

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