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Table 2 Cyathostomin faecal egg counts and percentage faecal egg count reduction at 2 weeks post-treatment with 95% confidence intervals

From: Cyathostomin resistance to moxidectin and combinations of anthelmintics in Australian horses

Treatment group

Farm

Trial

N*

FECs pre-treatment (EPG)

FECs post-treatment (EPG) week 2

N**

%FECR (95% CI) by AAEP method

%FECR (95% CI) Bayesian

hierarchical model

Mean

Range

Mean

Range

Oxfendazole

A

1

5

795

165–2730

1122

330–1890

5

− 41 (− 195 to − 57)

0 (0–5)

Abamectin

A

1

5

774

315–1980

207

0–570

4

73 (60–84)

73 (65–79)

Moxidectin

A

1

5

546

240–930

0

–

0

100

100 (98–100)

Abamectin + morantel

A

1

5

561

150–1290

0

–

0

100

100 (98–100)

Oxfendazole + pyrantel

A

1

5

870

150–2235

159

15–225

5

82 (66–92)

82 (76–86)

Moxidectin

B

1

7

1530

75–3480

148

0–675

5

90 (70–99)

90 (88–93)

Moxidectin

A

2

5

480

150–630

0

–

0

100

100 (98–100)

Abamectin + morantel

A

2

5

162

45–450

0

–

0

100

100 (94–100)

Moxidectin

B

2

5

1041

150–1455

117

75–165

5

89 (82–94)

89 (85–92)

  1. AAEP American Association of Equine Practitioners, CI confidence interval, EGP eggs per gram, FEC faecal egg count, FECR faecal egg count reduction, N* number of horses in group, N** number of horses shedding eggs within a group 2 weeks post-treatment