Table 2.
Experiment 1: Efficacy values (%) based on arithmetic and geometric mean tick counts for the treated groups
| DAY | EFFICACIES (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROUP 2 – Treated 28 days prior to tick challenge | GROUP 3 – Treated 21 days prior to tick challenge | |||
| Arithmetic mean | Geometric mean | Arithmetic mean | Geometric mean | |
| +2 | 95.7 | 97.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| +3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| +4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| +5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| +6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| DAY | EFFICACIES (%) | |||
| GROUP 4 – Treated 14 days prior to tick challenge | GROUP 5 - Treated 7 days prior to tick challenge | |||
| Arithmetic mean | Geometric mean | Arithmetic mean | Geometric mean | |
| +2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| +3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| +4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| +5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| +6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |