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. 2019 Jul 26;12:369. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3632-3

Table 1.

Laboratory study design and efficacy of ProHeart® 12 against Dirofilaria immitis in dogs

Groupa (n = 10) Treatment Dosage (mg/kg) Day of treatment No. of dogs with worms Adult D. immitis worm countsb
Individual worm counts Geometric mean Percentage reduction
Study 1
 T01 Vehicle 0 0 10 22, 25, 29, 30, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37 30.2
 T02 ProHeart® 12 (moxidectin) 0.5 0 0 0 0c 100
Study 2
 T01 Vehicle 0 0 10 22, 28, 30, 32, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 44 32.6
 T02d ProHeart® 12 (moxidectin) 0.5 0 0 0 0e 100

aAll dogs were inoculated with 50 D. immitis L3 on Day 365. Study 1, D. immitis ZoeAL-01-2015; Study 2, D. immitis GCFL-01-2014

bAll dogs were necropsied for recovery and enumeration of adult HWs on Day 517 (Study 1) or Day 519 (Study 2)

cGeometric mean is statistically different from that of Group T01 (P < 0.0001)

dn = 9 for Group T02 in Study 2; one dog was excluded from study due to incomplete dosing. n = 10 for all other groups

eGeometric mean is statistically different from that of Group T01 (P < 0.0112)