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Table 3 Percentage of faecal egg/oocyst/cyst count reduction (%) recorded on days 14, and 28 post-treatment in F1 and F2 farms (using FECR formula)

From: In vivo assessment of the antiparasitic effects of Allium sativum L. and Artemisia absinthium L. against gastrointestinal parasites in swine from low-input farms

Parasite

A. sativum (14)

A. sativum (28)

Weaners

Fatteners

Sows

Weaners

Fatteners

Sows

F1

F2

F1

F2

F1

F2

F1

F2

F1

F2

F1

F2

Eimeria spp.

76.7

82.1

62.1

79.6

100

100

88.1

84.6

20.0

84.1

78.9

83.5

B. coli

59.8

74.2

76.1

75.1

82.3

66.3

47.9

72.3

66.7

69.8

55.8

67.8

A. suum

-

-

82.3

79.8

87.6

72.1

-

-

84.7

86.3

68.2

62.8

T. suis

-

-

66.7

76.6

-

-

-

-

63.9

54.1

-

-

Oesophagostomum spp.

100

-

-

-

100

87.5

88.7

-

-

-

67.3

45.8

S. ransomi

64.4

-

100

-

100

-

57.3

-

100

-

100

-

Parasite

A. absinthium (14)

A. absinthium (28)

Weaners

Fatteners

Sows

Weaners

Fatteners

Sows

F1

F2

F1

F2

F1

F2

F1

F2

F1

F2

F1

F2

Eimeria spp.

74.2

84.0

71.8

33.1

65.8

92.4

71.5

84.9

85.1

100

56.3

89.8

B. coli

72.1

88.4

60.3

37.7

58.7

88.0

63.3

80.6

46.9

71.9

31.6

85.1

A. suum

-

-

71.3

64.9

44.7

80.5

-

-

70.4

64.3

30.2

78.6

T. suis

-

-

50.4

39.5

-

-

-

-

49.9

79.2

-

-

Oesophagostomum spp.

33.2

-

-

-

49.5

63.1

25.1

-

-

-

43.8

66.7

S. ransomi

36.2

-

-

-

44.4

-

31.3

-

-

-

69.1

-

  1. “-” = was not diagnosed