Table 3.
Active ingredient of formulated product | No. of ticks usedd | Percentage of ticks located on the nontreated (left) filter paper surface | Model estimatesf | ||||||
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5 min | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 25 min | 30 min | Percentage repellency | P-value for difference from control | ||
None (control)b | 250 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 51 | 50 | 48 | N/Ae | N/Ae |
DEETc | 50 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 96 | <0.0001 |
Picaridinc | 50 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | <0.0001 |
IR3535c | 50 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 | <0.0001 |
Oil of Lemon Eucalyptusc | 50 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 96 | <0.0001 |
p-Menthane-3,8-diolc | 50 | 98 | 96 | 92 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 93 | <0.0001 |
2-Undecanonec | 50 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 96 | <0.0001 |
The Petri dish bioassay arena is illustrated in Fig. 1. Groups of five ticks per trial were introduced along the margin of the treated and nontreated filter paper halves (placed on the nontreated filter paper but as near as possible to the treated filter paper) and the locations of the ticks in the arena were recorded every 5 min over a 30-min period.
Both halves of the arena with nontreated filter paper.
Left half of the arena with nontreated filter paper and right half with treated filter paper.
Each product was tested in 10 trials for a total of 50 ticks per product. Cumulative control-only bioassays included 50 trials for a total of 250 ticks.
N/A, not applicable.
Based on generalized linear mixed models accounting for effects of observation time point and individual trial.