Table 2.

Efficacy of high dose oral treatment with emamectin benzoate (SLICE®) for Pseudocapilliaria tomentosa with treatment initiated during active infection. Fish were held in three replicate tanks/group with 20 fish/tank. Approximately half the fish from each tank were examined at each sampling date. Controls represent unexposed fish.

	Untreated Exposed		Treated Exposed		Untreated Control		Treated Control
DPT† (DPE‡)	22(50)	30(58)	22 (50)	30 (58)	22(50)	31(58)	22(50)	31(58)
Number	20	12	25	15	27	28	27	28
Prevalence (%)	95	92	67	60	0	0	0	0
Abundance§	6.45	3.00	2.46	2.20	0	0	0	0
Prevalence (%) Mature ¶	55	42	21	13	0	0	0	0
Abundance Mature	1.00	0.67	0.33	0.13	0	0	0	0
Weight (mg)	188	196	223	235	354	308	324	334
Male/Female Ratio	9/11	5/7	12/13	4/10	8/19	11/16	10/17	10/18
Mortality (%) #	11.7	63.6	3.4	44.1	0	0	0	0

^†DPT = days post treatment

^‡DPE = days post exposure

^§Abundance = worms/fish, including negative fish within the population.

^¶Adult female worms with eggs

^#Percent mortality between 0–50 dpe or 51–58 dpe