Table 1.
Start to kill study: mean flea counts, flea count range and percentage efficacy 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 hours after a single oral administration of fluralaner to dogs
Time post treatment | 0.5 hour | 1 hour | 2 hours | 4 hours | ||||
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Study Group | Fluralaner | Control | Fluralaner | Control | Fluralaner | Control | Fluralaner | Control |
Mean a flea counts (n) | 78.71 | 73.96 | 78.14 | 84.89 | 48.70 | 76.97 | 7.38 | 61.57 |
Count range (n) | 74-86 | 65-89 | 47-96 | 64-97 | 33-69 | 61-99 | 0-80 | 30-80 |
Efficacy (%) | 0.0% | 8.0% | 36.7% b | 88.0% b |
aGeometric mean.
bLog-counts of live fleas from the treated group were significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) from log-counts of the respective untreated control group.