Comparative efficacy on dogs of a single topical treatment with the pioneer fipronil/(S)-methoprene and an oral treatment with spinosad against Ctenocephalides felis

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Table III.

Compared killing efficacies of the two treatments on adult fleas at 24 and 48 hours counts.

		Day 2	Day 8	Day 15	Day 22	Day 29	Day 36	Day 43
% Efficacy at 24 hours counts	Frontline^® Plus	100	100	100	100	100	100	100,0
	Comfortis^®	100	100	100	98.4	85.0^*	67.8^*	12.6^*

% Efficacy at 48 hours counts	Frontline^® Plus	100	100	100	100	100	100	100,0
	Comfortis^®	100	100	100	98.9	89.0^*	67.9^*	11.5^*

Significant difference between the two treatment groups at Day 29, Day 36 and Day 43 at p < 0.01.

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