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Table 1 Body weights and feed/fipronil consumption recorded for individual white-tailed deer

From: Development of a low-dose fipronil deer feed: evaluation of efficacy against two medically important tick species parasitizing white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) under pen conditions

Test group

Sex

Weight (kg)

Total feed presented (g)

Total feed consumed (g)

Total fipronil consumed (mg)

Amount fipronil per body weight (mg/kg)

T48 (2-day FDF exposure)

Female

83.8

2000.0

2000.0

50.0

0.60

Male

86.4

2000.0

2000.0

50.0

0.58

Female

72.2

1000.0

915.0

22.9

0.32

Male

93.9

1000.0

1000.0

25.0

0.27

Male

77.9

1000.0

845.2

21.1

0.27

Female

82.4

1000.0

805.5

20.1

0.24

Male

50.4

2000.0

2000.0

50.0

0.99

Female

72.1

2000.0

976.7

24.4

0.34

T120 (5-day FDF exposure)

Male

104.0

5000.0

5000.0

125.0

1.20

Female

81.8

5000.0

4051.6

101.3

1.24

Female

56.8

2500.0

2500.0

62.5

1.10

Female

68.4

2500.0

2479.0

62.0

0.91

Female

66.3

2500.0

2464.4

61.6

0.93

Female

62.7

2500.0

2358.8

59.0

0.94

Female

50.9

5000.0

2984.3

74.6

1.47

Female

84.1

5000.0

1474.1

36.9

0.44

Control (2-day placebo feed exposure)

Male

99.9

2000.0

1986.5

NA

NA

Female

78.8

2000.0

1678.1

NA

NA

Male

74.2

1000.0

1000.0

NA

NA

Female

52.8

1000.0

1000.0

NA

NA

Control (5-day placebo feed exposure)

Female

69.3

2500.0

2097.9

NA

NA

Male

83.5

2500.0

2500.0

NA

NA

Female

91.3

5000.0

3000.3

NA

NA

Male

79.2

5000.0

4316.1

NA

NA

  1. FDF Fipronil deer feed, NA not applicable, T48 treatment group exposed to FDF for 48 h (2 days), T120 treatment group exposed to FDF for 120 h (5 days)