Table 2.
Faecal egg count reduction (FECR) (calculated using the EggCounts package in R Studio, assuming a common drug efficacy for all animals) and coproantigen reduction test (CRT) results for F. hepatica on all 12 farms included in the efficacy trial.
| Farm | Federal state | Method | Drug | Product | N total | N paired FEC | n | FECR % | 2.5% CL | 97.5% CL | N paired cELISA | cELISA positive before/afterd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1aa | Lower Saxony | Mod. FLUKEFINDER® | ABZ | Valbazen 1.9% | 13 | 13 | 4 | 94.92 | 90.51 | 97.73 | 13 | 3/1 |
| 1 bb | Lower Saxony | Mod. FLUKEFINDER® | ABZ | Valbazen 1.9% | 13 | 4 | 4 | 99.87 | 98.15 | 100 | 4 | 3/0 |
| 2aa | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Mod. FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Cydectin TriclaMox | 46 | 43 | 35 | 98.4 | 98.07 | 98.69 | 44 | 35/1 |
| 2 bb | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Mod. FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Cydectin TriclaMox | 46 | 41 | 33 | 99.94 | 99.85 | 99.99 | n.d | n.d. |
| 3 | Schleswig-Holstein | Mod. FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Cydectin TriclaMox | 79 | 71 | 3 | 99.81 | 97.12 | 100 | 4 | 3/0 |
| 4 | North Rhine Westphalia | FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Endofluke | 55 | 46 | 8 | 83.42 | 80.73 | 86.11 | 49 | 9/0 |
| 5 | Brandenburg | FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Endofluke | 32 | 32 | 12 | 99.41 | 98.54 | 99.82 | 32 | 12/0 |
| 6aa | Lower Saxony | FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Endofluke | 53 | 36 | 24 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.11 | 37 | 30/33 |
| 6 bc | Lower Saxony | FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Cydectin TriclaMox | 53 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 29 | 27/27 |
| 7 | North Rhine-Westphalia | FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Endofluke | 48 | 43 | 28 | 99.55 | 99.39 | 99.69 | 45 | 33/0 |
| 8 | Baden-Wuerttemberg | FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Endofluke | 30 | 30 | 30 | 99.71 | 99.64 | 99.77 | 30 | 30/0 |
| 9 | Schleswig-Holstein | FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Cydectin TriclaMox | 21 | 13 | 7 | 99.92 | 98.82 | 100 | 13 | 5/0 |
| 10 | North Rhine-Westphalia | FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Cydectin TriclaMox | 17 | 17 | 8 | 99.98 | 99.93 | 100 | 17 | 9/0 |
| 11 | Brandenburg | FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Endofluke | 9 | 9 | 5 | 99.82 | 97.34 | 100 | 9 | 4/0 |
| 12 | Lower Saxony | FLUKEFINDER® | TCBZ | Endofluke | 27 | 27 | 13 | 99.96 | 99.35 | 100 | 27 | 12/0 |
N total, total number of coproscopically examined individual animals on the farm before flukicidal treatment; N paired, total number of paired samples pre and post treatment; n, number of coproscopically F. hepatica-positive animals before treatment; CL, credibility limit; ABZ, albendazole; TCBZ, triclabendazole.
FECR/coproantigen reduction from day 0 to day 14 (1a and 6a)/to day 15 (2a).
FECR/coproantigen reduction from day 0 to day 21 (1 b)/to day 28 (2 b).
FECR/coproantigen reduction from day 21 to day 35 after treatment with the double dose of TCBZ on day 21.
Number of samples positive in the coproantigen ELISA before/after treatment using the 2% of the positive control threshold.