Assessment of the efficacy of a topical combination of fipronil-permethrin (Frontline Tri-Act®/Frontect®) against egg laying and adult emergence of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) in dogs

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Table 2.

Proportion of new fleas obtained from eggs and inhibition of adult flea emergence using arithmetic means.

Collection day	Mean proportion of new fleas from eggs	Mean proportion of new fleas from eggs (inhibition of new flea emergence %)	p-value
	Group 1 (control)	Group 2 (treated)	p-value
Day 1	0.533	0.380 (28.7%)	0.2302
Day 8	0.685	NA^*
Day 22	0.597	NA^*
Day 29	0.722	NA^*
Day 43	0.663	NA^*
Day 57	0.660	NA^*

p-value: One-way ANOVA with a treatment effect.

Group 1: Negative control.

Group 2: Dogs were treated topically with Frontline^® Tri-Act at the minimum dose of 0.1 mL/kg.

Not Applicable because of the absence of flea eggs.

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