Table 1 Mite counts of P. ovis infested calves treated with carvacrol and Tween-80 (treatment group) or Tween-80 alone (control group), before infestation (W0), before treatment (W6) and throughout the post-treatment period (W9–W12)
Animal number | Mite counts (weeks after infection) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W0 | W6 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | ||
Treatment | 7530 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2517 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
992 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
828 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8386 | 0 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9647 | 0 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mean | 0 | 113.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |
Control | 7937 | 0 | 669 | 486 | 634 | 635 | – |
9392 | 0 | 59 | 258 | 446 | 214 | – | |
8670 | 0 | 346 | 497 | 360 | 419 | 78 | |
2141 | 0 | 18 | 265 | 561 | 422 | 384 | |
1345 | 0 | 463 | 618 | 704 | – | – | |
2138 | 0 | 140 | 432 | 572 | – | – | |
Mean | 0 | 282.5 | 426 | 546.2 | |||