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Table 1 Summary and efficacy of live attached tick counts 48 hours post-treatment and following post-treatment infestations

From: Laboratory evaluation of the efficacy of lotilaner (Credelio™) against Amblyomma cajennense (sensu lato) infestations of dogs

  

Day of tick count

-5

2

9

16

23

30

Control

Arithmetic mean ± SD

60.6 ± 7.1

60.0 ± 7.0

62.4 ± 13.7

62.0 ± 12.7

62.1 ± 14.8

63.2 ± 12.5

Geometric mean

60.2

59.6

61.2

60.9

60.7

62.1

Lotilaner

Arithmetic mean ± SD

61.1 ± 9.7

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.3 ± 0.9

0.4 ± 0.8

0.6 ± 1.1

Efficacy (%)

na

100

100

99.5

99.4

99.1

Geometric mean

60.5

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.4

Efficacy (%)

na

100

100

99.8

99.6

99.4

Comparison

 

Z = 0.11, P = 0.8951

Z = 4.00, P <0.0001

Z = 4.00, P <0.0001

Z = 3.92, P <0.0001

Z = 3.87, P <0.0001

Z = 3.82, P <0.0001

  1. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; na, not applicable