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Table 1 Results of in vivo faecal egg count reduction tests (FECRT) in goat herds A & B

From: The first report of multidrug resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes in goat population in Poland

Groups

FECRT no. 1 – autumn 2017

FECRT no. 2 – autumn 2018

FECRT no. 3 – autumn 2019

Control

FBZ

IVM

LEV

Control

LEV

Control

LEV

Herd A

 n

8

8

8

8

10

10

FEC [epg] pre-treatment

      

 mean ± SD

1769 ± 1396

1713 ± 1259

1731 ± 1278

1394 ± 1341

1175 ± 1212

1940 ± 1883

  

 median (IQR)

1225 (750–2700)

1225 (888–2363)

1225 (950–2338)

1025 (650–1488)

650 (550–1500)

1350 (513–2763)

  

 range

250–4250

400–3750

450–3700

250–4400

150–4300

250–6400

  

FEC [epg] post-treatmenta

      

 mean ± SD

1606 ± 1384

1250 ± 810

1188 ± 1144

6 ± 18

815 ± 632

40 ± 97

  

 median (IQR)

925 (763–2225)

1225 (750–2700)

750 (425–1463)

0 (0–0)

650 (375 − 1163)

0 (0–0)

  

 range

350–4400

250–4250

200–3350

0–50

50–2100

0–300

  

FECR%-1 [%] (CI 95%)

22 (−70 to 64) (R)b

26 (−89 to 71) (R)

100 (97 to 100) (ND)

95 (75 to 99) (S)

FECR%-2 [%]

27 (R)

31 (R)

100 (ND)

98 (ND)

FECR%-3 [%]

20 (R)

24 (R)

100 (ND)

97 (ND)

Herd B

 n

6

5

5

5

10

10

22

21

FEC [epg] pre-treatment

 mean ± SD

3592 ± 2929

2750 ± 1065

3080 ± 1263

3230 ± 924

4390 ± 2314

6175 ± 3365

2355 ± 1779

2307 ± 1394

 median (IQR)

2900 (1038–6000)

3100 (2500–3250)

3250 (2500–3700)

3550 (2700–3800)

3900 (2863–4763)

4825 (4438–6750)

2000 (875–3650)

2100 (1250–3700)

 range

900 − 7400

1050–3850

1300–4650

1900–4200

2050–10,050

3500–14,750

200–5950

550–4900

FEC [epg] post-treatmenta

 mean ± SD

2658 ± 1404

2950 ± 937

250 ± 252

70 ± 157

4980 ± 2376

665 ± 652

1911 ± 1437

1471 ± 1315

 median (IQR)

2250 (1863–2825)

3000 (2250–3200)

100 (50–500)

0 (0–0)

4275 (4075–5038)

400 (225–913)

1500 (800–2788)

1350 (600–1950)

 range

1400–5300

1950–4350

50–550

0–350

2250–11,000

0–2000

200–5300

0–5300

FECR%-1 [%] (CI 95%)

–11 (−88 to 35) (R)

91 (74 to 97) (R)

97 (79 to 100) (ND)

87 (73 to 93) (R)

23 (−29 to 54) (R)

FECR%-2 [%]

–7 (R)

92 (R)

98 (ND)

89 (R)

36 (R)

FECR%-3 [%]

−45 (R)

89 (ND)

97 (ND)

91 (ND)

21 (R)

  1. n number of animals in the group
  2. FBZ fenbendazole, IVM ivermectin, LEV levamisole
  3. FEC faecal egg count, epg eggs per gram, FECR% faecal egg count reduction percentage
  4. a 14 days post-treatment in the autumn 2017, 5–7 days post-treatment in the autumn 2018 and 2019
  5. b anthelmintic resistance: R – confirmed, S – suspected, ND – not detected