Table 1.

Geometric means of live female tick counts at the scheduled hours following treatment and further induced infestations

Days of tick count	Day 0		Day 7		Day 14		Day 21		Day 28
Hours of tick counts1	12 h	24 h	12 h	24 h	12 h	24 h	12 h	24 h	12 h	24 h
Number of ticks2	14.5	16.4	20.8	24.4	22.4	21.8	19.1	21.2	19.9	19.3
Untreated Control Group
Number of ticks2	1.0	0.0	4.9	0.0	13.0	0.1	12.1	0.7	12.2	1.7
Treated Group (NexGardTM)
% Efficacy 3	93.4**	100.0**	76.6*	100.0**	41.9	99.4**	36.9*	96.6*	38.5	91.2**

¹Hours of tick counts are indicated either post-treatment on D0 or post-infestation on days 7, 14, 21, 28.

²Geometric means tick counts.

³Based on Geometric means.

Treated Group differed statistically significantly from the untreated control Group with:

*(p < 0.05).

**(p < 0.01).