Table 3 Fleas caught in intermittent-light flea traps in naturally infested homes in Florida before and after treatment of all dogs and cats in the homes with either a single administration of fluralaner or three consecutive monthly administrations of sarolaner (dogs) and selamectin (cats)

Fluralaner¹

20 homes on study

Geomean flea count³

32.4^a,x

6.3^a,y

7.2^a,y

1.6^b,y

0.5^a,y

0.2^a,y

0.1^a,y

0.04^a,y

Range

(5–183)

(0–113)

(0–156)

(0–19)

(0–6)

(0–5)

(0–1)

(0–1)

% control⁴

80.4

77.9

95.0

98.4

99.4

99.8

99.9

0.0^a,x (0/20)

10.5^a,x (2/19)

20.0^a,x (4/20)

30.0^a,y (6/20)

70.0^a,y (14/20)

85.0^a,y (17/20

90.0^a,y (18/20)

95.0^a,y (19/20)

0.0^a,x (0/20)

15.0^a,x (3/20)

15.0^a,x (3/20)

30.0^b,y (6/20)

60.0^b,y (12/20)

75.0^b,y (15/20)

80.0^b,y (16/20)

95.0^b,y (19/20)

Selamectin/Sarolaner²

18 homes on study

Geomean flea count³

28.0^a,x

4.7^a,y

4.8^a,y

4.2^a,y

1.4^a,y

0.04^a,y

0.4^a,y

0.4^a,y

Range

(5–152)

(0–195)

(0–93)

(0–22)

(0–1)

(0–14)

(0–39)

(0–12)

% control⁴

83.1

82.7

85.0

95.1

99.9

98.8

98.5

0.0^a,x (0/18)

16.7^a,x (3/18)

17.6^a,x (3/17)

22.2^a,x (4/18)

44.4^a,y (8/18)

94.1^a,y (16/17)

82.4^a,y (14/17)

68.8^a,y (11/16)

0.0^a,x (0/18)

5.6^a,x (1/18)

16.7^a,x (3/18)

0.0^a,x (0/18)

5.6^a,x (1/18)

23.5^a,y (4/17)

29.4^a,y (5/17)

31.3^a,y (5/16)