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Table 1 Stud farm data and prevalence of Parascaris spp. egg excretion before and after ivermectin (IVM) treatment

From: A survey of ivermectin resistance in Parascaris species infected foals in south-eastern Poland

Farm

Herd size

Foals

Sex F/M

Age [3/4/5/6 months]

FEC-positive foals

EPG (min–max)

IVM efficacya

Pre/with EPG ≥ 150

Post

Pre

Post

Observed FECR

1

≥ 100

49

34/15

6/14/10/19

23/22

20

471 (50–1050)

400 (50–900)

57.0 [36.9–74.2]

2

≥ 100

40

26/14

7/10/9/14

28/24

20

2134 (50–13,750)

1355 (100–5150)

56.8 [20.3–80.3]

3

≥ 100

51

35/16

4/11/17/19

16/15

16

572 (50–1400)

341 (50–2050)

44.0 [6.8–74.5]

4

50–100

24

14/10

4/5/6/9

7/3

2

850 (50–5300)

200 (50-350)

5

≤ 50

16

9/7

3/0/7/6

12/8

4

833 (50–5550)

325 (100-650)

86.6 [44.8–96.4]

6

50–100

34

0/34

0/10/6/18

6/4

1

167 (100–250)

50

7

≤ 50

11

7/4

1/3/5/2

7/6

1

471 (50–1050)

50

96.9 [92.9–100.0]

Total

 

225

125/100

 

99/82

64

   
  1. F female, M male, FEC faecal egg count, EPG eggs per gram faeces
  2. aObserved faecal egg count reduction (Observed FECR) with 95% confidence intervals given in square brackets