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. 2015 Jan 30;8:64. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0691-y

Table 2.

Percent repellency of Aedes aegypti in dogs treated with a new combination of fipronil and permethrin

Exposure day GM of numbers of fed mosquitoes 1 Repellency (%)
Untreated control dogs Treated dogs
(n = 8) (n = 8)
1 68.2 0.1 99.9*
7 84.4 0.0 100*
14 83.9 0.8 99.0*
21 80.6 1.2 98.5*
28 83.0 3.3 96.1*
35 85.3 7.7 91.0*

1Geometric Means of mosquitoes collected at the end of the 1-h exposure period. 100 mosquitoes per dog were used for each exposure.

*Significant difference between the population means of the treated and control groups (p = 0.005).