Table 2.
Mean (±SD) faecal egg counts per group of ewes and the anthelmintic efficacy (%) of Eprinex® across the study.
| Group 1 | Group 2 |
Group 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Faecal egg count | Faecal egg count | Efficacy | Faecal egg count | Efficacy |
| 7 | 821.87 (±253.02) | 11.06 (±6.52) | 98.7 | 0 (±0) | 100.0 |
| 14 | 964.66 (±275.34) | 16.32 (±11.53) | 98.3 | 1.39 (±3.24) | 99.9 |
| 28 | 1085.11 (±315.75) | 40.65 (±17.82) | 96.3 | 1.39 (±3.24) | 99.8 |
| 42 | 1059.21 (±256.73) | 65.22 (±32.57) | 93.8 | 3.75 (±7.25) | 99.7 |
| 56 | 1052.38 (±230.74) | 113.87 (±52.05) | 89.2 | 6.67 (±8.52) | 99.4 |
| 70 | 935.25 (±148.32) | 148.11 (±62.61) | 84.2 | 1.39 (±3.24) | 99.9 |
| 84 | 739.01 (±155.380) | 194.24 (±118.89) | 73.7 | 25.14 (±15.43) | 96.6 |
| 98 | 485.57 (±56.17) | 194.30 (±69.87) | 60.0 | 18.21 (±14.79) | 96.2 |
Group 1: No eprinomectin treatment (control group), Group 2: Eprinomectin treatment at day 0, Group 3: Eprinomectin treatment at days 0, 42 and 70.