Table 1.
Acaricidal efficacy based on geometric and arithmetic means against Dermacentor reticulatus ticks
| Day | Geometric means | Arithmetic means | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Mean (Efficacy %) | P-value | Mean | Mean (Efficacy %) | P-value | |
| Control group | Treated group | Control group | Treated group | |||
| Day 9 | 23.1 | 0.4 (98.3 %) | <.0001 | 24.5 | 0.9 (96.4 %) | |
| Day 16 | 30.6 | 0.0 (100.0 %) | <.0001 | 32.7 | 0.0 (100.0 %) | |
| Day 23 | NA | 0.5 | 1.4 | |||
| Day 30 | NA | 0.3 | 0.6 | |||
P-value: One-way ANOVA test
Dogs were treated once on day 0
NA Not Applicable, dogs removed from the study after babesiosis diagnosis