Table 2 Incidence of canine vector-borne pathogen infections in the former groups A (treated) and B (untreated), six months after the end of the study (October 2012)*

Anaplasma platys

33/49 (67.3)^*

10/30 (33.3)^*

43/79 (54.4)

Babesia vogeli

3/59 (5.1)

5/34 (14.7)

8/93 (8.6)

Bartonella spp.

0/60 (0.0)

2/48 (4.2)

2/109 (1.8)

Hepatozoon canis

5/52 (9.6)^*

11/23 (47.8)^*

16/75 (21.3)