Group Total detached engorged females/animal* Biweekly recovery rate of detached engorged females/animal** Diflubenzuron (mean ± SD) 796(±273) 29.47(±25) Control (mean ± SD) 1877(±325) 69.53(±33) bilateralp value <0.0001 <0.0001 *Mann-Whitney for independent samples: considered different when p < 0.05 **Wilcoxon test: considered different when p < 0.05

Table 1: Tick counting parameters - Comparison of total detached engorged females at the end of the experiment by Mann-Whitney test and biweekly recovery rate of detached engorged females per animal by Wilcoxon test.