Prevention of transmission of Babesia canis by Dermacentor reticulatus ticks to dogs after topical administration of fluralaner spot-on solution

Table 1 Mean tick counts and efficacy against ticks after single topical treatment with fluralaner spot-on solution

Day 4	Mean tick counts ^a (control/treated) (n)	18.6/0.1
Day 4	Efficacy (%)	99.5 ^b
Day 30	Mean tick counts ^a (control/treated) (n)	18.8/0.0
Day 30	Efficacy (%)	100 ^b
Day 58	Mean tick counts ^a (control/treated) (n)	12.7/0.1
Day 58	Efficacy (%)	99.3 ^b
Day 72	Mean tick counts ^a (control/treated) (n)	22.2/0.0
Day 72	Efficacy (%)	100 ^b
Day 86 ^c	Mean tick counts ^a (control/treated) (n)	23.0/0.0
	Efficacy (%)	100 ^b
Day 90 ^c	Mean tick counts ^a (control/treated) (n)	22.3/0.0
	Efficacy (%)	100 ^b

^aGeometric mean live attached ticks
^bLog-transformed counts of ticks from the treated group were significantly different (P < 0.0001) from log-transformed counts of the untreated control group
^cControl group: six dogs available for infestation, two dogs were tested positive for B. canis on day 85 and excluded, efficacy calculation based on four dogs

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