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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 24.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Mar;80(3):367–372.

Table 1.

Group-average weight (kg) of sheep at the beginning and at the end of the trial and mean-weight gain (kg) by treatment group^*

	Beginning		Ending		Weight gain, kg
Treatment group	No.	Mean ± SD	No.	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	No. animals lost
NTZ5	30	32.7 ± 5.5^a	23	38.3 ± 6.2^b	6.2 ± 7.7^d	7
NTZ5×2	30	30.7 ± 6.3^a	24	37.5 ± 6.1^b	7.3 ± 5.2^d	6
OXF11	30	32.7 ± 4.9^a	23	41.9 ± 7.5^†	9.6 ± 6.2^†	7
OXF/NTZ	31	33.2 ± 5.3^a	26	41.8 ± 5.9^†	8.5 ± 6.9^d	5
Control	30	32.6 ± 4.1^a	25	38.3 ± 4.0^b	6.0 ± 5.1^d	5

^*

NTZ = nitazoxanide; OXF = oxfendazole. Identical superscript letters (a, b, and d) indicate no significant difference (P > 0.05).

^†

Value is significantly different from that of the control group (P < 0.05).

SD = standard deviation.