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Table 2 The impact of omitting outliers from mean post-treatment faecal egg counts on the efficacy of drug treatment

From: Control of Nematodirus spp. infection by sheep flock owners in Northern Ireland

Flock code

AnthelminticGroup

Unadjusted

Corrected

  

Mean ± S.E.M.

Efficacy (%) (C.I.)

Mean ± S.E.M.

Efficacy (%) (C.I.)

1

AVM

5.3 ± 5.3

94 (48, 99)

0 ± 0

100 (100,100)

3

BZ

6.7 ± 4.9

98 (90, 99)

0 ± 0

100 (100,100)

10

BZ

30.3 ± 30.3

90 (11, 99)

0 ± 0

100 (100,100)

  1. AVM avermectin, BZ benzimidazole, C.I. Confidence Intervals, Corrected outliers omitted from calculations, S.E.M. Standard Error about the Mean, Unadjusted with outliers included in calculations