Table 1.

Study design and fecal examination methods for all the time-points of fecal collection in 23 dogs.

	FS1	Treatment	FS2	FS3
Day of collection	0–4 days before the initiation of treatment	Fenbendazole 50 mg/kg BW once daily for 5 consecutive days  + disinfection of dog and environment	2–4 days after the end of treatment	8–10 days after the end of treatment
Fecal consistency (number of dogs with diarrhea/intermittent/no diarrhea)	21/0/2		5/11/7	9/4/10
Fecal flotation (positive/negative results)	23/0		19/4	17/5
Direct immunofluorescence assay (geometrical mean)	213,989 cpg (IQR = 97,500–555,600)		34,147 cpg (IQR = 9675–333,600)	57,239 cpg (IQR = 12,000–456,000)
Molecular typing by PCR (C/D/C + D)	15/4/0		14/5/1	Not evaluated

BW: body weight, cpg: cysts per gram, IQR: interquartile range, PCR: polymerase chain reaction.