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Medicated collars were fitted to 8 of the cats and infestation of each cat with 200 fleas from a suitably infected batch commenced 7\u2009days later and continued at weekly intervals until Day 28. Efficacy against fleas was evaluated 24\u2009h after each infestation. Infection of the cats with <jats:italic>D. caninum<\/jats:italic> was verified by daily examination of the cats\u2019 faeces and immediate surroundings for proglottids from Day 21 to Day 60. Calculation of the prophylactic effectiveness of the collars in preventing infection of the cats with <jats:italic>D. caninum<\/jats:italic> was based on the difference in the geometric mean number of scoleces recovered from the gastrointestinal tracts of collared compared to untreated cats at necropsy on Day 61.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Efficacy of the collars against infestation of the cats with fleas was 99.9% on Day 7 and 100% at each subsequent weekly assessment. Infection of the fleas with metacestodes was \u226540% in 7 to 13\u2009day old fleas, but progressively decreased thereafter. At necropsy all the control cats were infected with <jats:italic>D. caninum<\/jats:italic> and harboured between 19 and 346 scoleces with a geometric mean of 58.3. A single treated cat was infected and harboured 2 scoleces. Effective prevention of infection with <jats:italic>D. caninum<\/jats:italic>, based on a comparison of the geometric mean numbers of scoleces recovered from control and treated cats, was 99.7%.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The insecticidal components of the medicated collars are capable of rapidly eliminating newly-acquired infestations of fleas that are infected with the metacestodes of <jats:italic>D. caninum<\/jats:italic>, thus preventing infection with the cestode in collared cats.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1756-3305-5-151","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,8,21]],"date-time":"2012-08-21T16:50:45Z","timestamp":1345567845000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Prophylactic treatment of flea-infested cats with an imidacloprid\/flumethrin collar to forestall infection with Dipylidium caninum"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Josephus J","family":"Fourie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dionne","family":"Crafford","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ivan G","family":"Horak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dorothee","family":"Stanneck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,7,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"616_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3","DOI":"10.1051\/parasite\/1998051003","volume":"5","author":"JC Beaucournu","year":"1998","unstructured":"Beaucournu JC, M\u00e9nier K: Le genre Ctenocephalides Stiles et Collins, 1930 (Siphonaptera, Pulicidae). 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