Table 1. Characteristics of 19 healthy staff-owned dogs treated with fenbendazole (n = 9) and an untreated control group (n = 10).

Dog Characteristics	Control	Treatment
Number	10	9
Mean age ± SD (years)	6.7 ± 1.7	5.1 ± 2.6
Gender (male/female)	(7/3)	(5/4)
Breed	Mixed-breed (3) Pitbull Terrier (2) Standard Poodle (1) Australian Shepherd (1) Labrador Retriever (1) Miniature Dachshund (1) Italian Greyhound (1)	Mixed-breed (3) Border Collie (2) Rhodesian Ridgeback (1) Australian Shepherd (1) Shih Tzu (1) German Shepherd (1)
Diet	Purina ProPlan Chicken & Rice Dry (3), Purina ProPlan Lamb & Rice Dry (2), Eukanuba Adult Maintenance Dry (1), Purina One Chicken & Rice Dry, Purina O/M Dry (1), Purina Adult Dog Chow Chicken (1), Hill’s Science Diet Adult Maintenance Chicken (1), unknown (1)	Purina ProPlan Chicken & Rice Dry (5), unknown (1), Hill’s Prescription Diet j/d Dry, Purina Pro Plan Small Breed Dry and Hill’s Science Diet Canned—Chicken & Beef (1), Purina Adult Dog Chow Chicken Dry (1), Hill’s Prescription Diet i/d (1)