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. 2013 May 3;6:126. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-126

Table 2.

Geometric mean flea egg counts and percent efficacy relative to non-treated controls for cats treated with a 19.5% w/v indoxacarb topical spot-on

 
Non-treated controls1,2
Indoxacarb1,2
Day of egg collection Mean # of eggs3 Mean # of eggs Efficacy4
1
654.2 a
220.9 a
66.2
2
627.8 a
7.2 b
98.9
3
589.8 a
0.6 b
99.9
9
650.7 a
0.0 b
100.0
10
957.6 a
0.0 b
100.0
16
459.1 a
0.0 b
100.0
17
686.4 a
0.0 b
100.0
23
739.8 a
0.0 b
100.0
24
1086.1 a
0.0 b
100.0
30
566.5 a
0.0 b
100.0
31
732.1 a
0.1 b
99.9
37
491.2 a
0.7 b
99.9
38
577.9 a
0.1 b
99.9
44
229.7 a
9.7 b
95.8
45 508.4 a 6.8 b 98.7

1Each of 8 cats in the control group received no treatment. Each of 8 cats in the 19.5% w/v indoxacarb group were administered the topical spot-on according to label directions on Day 0.

2 Each cat was infested with 50 adult Ctenocephalides felis from the KS1 strain on days -2, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 & 42.

3Geometric mean # of eggs recovered from cats per treatment group.

4% efficacy = ((geometric mean # eggs control-geometric mean # eggs treatment)/geometric mean # eggs control) × 100.

a,b Geometric means across rows with unlike letter superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.001).