Table 1.

Performances of Speed Diro™ test kit in 49 sera from experimentally Dirofilaria immitis-infected dogs with known number of adult worms

Examined dogs	Total number of adult worms	Only female worms no. of worms (no. of dogs)	Female and male worms no. of worms (no. of dogs)	Speed Diro™ positive samples
8	1	1F (8)	(0)	7
10	4	2F (7)	1F + 1 M (3)	10
10	6	3F (9)	2F + 1 M (1)	10
1	4	(0)	2F + 2 M (1)	1
1	7	7F (1)	(0)	1
8	6	(0)	3F + 3 M (8)	8
8	16	(0)	6F + 10 M (8)	8
3	40	(0)	15F + 25 M (3)	3

F female worms, M male worms