Oral treatmenta | No. of monthly treatmentsb | ZoeLA | JYD-34 | ||||||
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No. of infected dogsc | Adult D. immitis worm counts | Efficacy compared to negative control (%) | No. of infected dogsc | Adult D. immitis worm counts | Efficacy compared to negative control (%) | ||||
Range | Geometric mean | Range | Geometric mean | ||||||
Moxidectin | 1 | Not tested | 8 of 8 | 7–29 | 16.8 | 53.2d | |||
Moxidectin | 3 | 1 of 5 | 0–1 | 0.1 | 99.5d | 1 of 5 | 0–2 | 0.2 | 98.8d |
Moxidectin | 4 | 5 of 6 | 0–3 | 1.1 | 96.8e | 5 of 6 | 0–4 | 1.3 | 95.9e |
Moxidectin | 6 | 5 of 6 | 0–4 | 1.4 | 96.1e | 2 of 6 | 0–1 | 0.2 | 99.3e |
Simparica Trio | 6 | 5 of 6 | 0–3 | 1.0 | 97.2 g | na | na | na | na |
Heartgard Plus | 6 | 6 of 6 6 of 6 | 25–36 22–38 | 29.0 32.5 | 18.7e 8.5 g | 6 of 6 6 of 6 6 of 6 | 6–18 12–29 19–34 | 11.9 21.7 26.8 | 63.9e 37.7f 10.5 f |
Interceptor Plus | 6 | 6 of 6 6 of 6 | 16–37 10–34 | 28.1 22.8 | 21.2e 35.9 g | 6 of 6 6 of 6 6 of 6 | 10–22 14–37 13–35 | 14.9 22.7 25.5 | 54.6e 34.9f 14.6f |