Table 1.
Results of tick infestations based on live attached ticks 48 h post-treatment and following post-treatment infestations
| Day of tick count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 37 | ||
| Control | Arithmetic mean ± SD | 19.4 ± 2.3 | 17.3 ± 5.1 | 18.8 ± 3.8 | 19.5 ± 4.6 | 17.1 ± 4.1 | 18.9 ± 2.7 |
| Geometric mean | 19.3 | 16.6 | 18.4 | 19.0 | 16.7 | 18.7 | |
| Lotilaner | Arithmetic mean ± SD | 0.6 ± 0.5 | 0.8 ± 0.9 | 1.0 ± 0.9 | 0.4 ± 0.7 | 0.1 ± 0.4 | 0.4 ± 0.5 |
| Efficacy (%) | 96.8 | 95.7 | 94.7 | 98.1 | 99.3 | 98.0 | |
| Geometric mean | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Efficacy (%) | 97.2 | 96.6 | 95.7 | 98.7 | 99.5 | 98.4 | |
| Comparison |
t(14) = 19.3; P<0.0001 |
t(14) = 11.7; P<0.0001 |
t(14) = 12.1; P<0.0001 |
t(14) = 15.9; P<0.0001 |
t(14) = 22.9; P<0.0001 |
t(14) = 20.0; P<0.0001 |
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Abbreviation: SD standard deviation