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. 2017 Nov 1;10:529. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2466-0

Table 1.

Results of flea infestations at 4 h post-treatment and 4 h after weekly infestations in Study 1

Day of infestation and flea count
0 7 14 21 28 35
Control Arithmetic mean ± SD 60.9 ± 12.5 76.0 ± 9.8 78.6 ± 13.1 71.0 ± 6.4 67.3 ± 5.6 73.1 ± 12.3
Geometric mean 59.9 75.4 77.7 70.8 67.1 72.3
Lotilaner Arithmetic mean ± SD 26.4 ± 33.8 0.1 ± 0.4 0.0 ± 0.0 1.0 ± 1.3 0.8 ± 1.2 2.1 ± 1.7
Efficacy (%) 56.7 99.8 100.0 98.6 98.9 97.1
Geometric mean 6.1 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.5 1.6
Efficacy (%) 89.9 99.9 100 99.0 99.3 97.8
Comparison t (5) = 3.4, P = 0.0194 t (5) = 55.0, P < 0.0001 t (5) = 91.5, P < 0.0001 t (5) = 21.8, P < 0.0001 t (5) = 18.5, P < 0.0001 t (5) = 14.9, P < 0.0001

Abbreviation: SD standard deviation