Skip to main content

Table 1 Results of tick infestations based on live attached ticks 48 h post-treatment and following post-treatment infestations

From: Laboratory evaluation of the efficacy of lotilaner (Credelio™) against Haemaphysalis longicornis infestations of dogs

 

Day of tick count

2

9

16

23

30

37

Control

Arithmetic mean ± SD

19.4 ± 2.3

17.3 ± 5.1

18.8 ± 3.8

19.5 ± 4.6

17.1 ± 4.1

18.9 ± 2.7

Geometric mean

19.3

16.6

18.4

19.0

16.7

18.7

Lotilaner

Arithmetic mean ± SD

0.6 ± 0.5

0.8 ± 0.9

1.0 ± 0.9

0.4 ± 0.7

0.1 ± 0.4

0.4 ± 0.5

Efficacy (%)

96.8

95.7

94.7

98.1

99.3

98.0

Geometric mean

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.3

0.1

0.3

Efficacy (%)

97.2

96.6

95.7

98.7

99.5

98.4

Comparison

 

t(14) = 19.3;

P<0.0001

t(14) = 11.7;

P<0.0001

t(14) = 12.1;

P<0.0001

t(14) = 15.9;

P<0.0001

t(14) = 22.9;

P<0.0001

t(14) = 20.0;

P<0.0001

  1. Abbreviation: SD standard deviation