Dog owner flea/tick medication purchases in the USA

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Purchased ectoparasiticide doses by USA dog owners in a 12-month period

	Fluralaner	Afoxolaner	Spinosad
Number of dogs	58,731	118,594	54,240
Mean doses acquired (mean ± SD)	2.3 ± 1.4^a	5.3 ± 5.0^b	3.5 ± 3.5^c
Months of possible protection (mean ± SD)	5.7 ± 3.1^a	4.6 ± 3.7^b	3.3 ± 2.9^c

Means with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05. Fluralaner versus afoxolaner (χ² = 5537.81, df = 1, P < 0.0001) or spinosad (χ² = 19,593.55, df = 1, P < 0.0001)

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