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Table 1 Biological effect of gene silencing in R. microplus females fed on a calf during acute Babesia bovis infection.

From: Silencing of a putative immunophilin gene in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus increases the infection rate of Babesia bovis in larval progeny

Experimental groups

Percentage of engorged females

Weight (mg)of engorged females (SD)

Oviposition rate

Egg mass (mg) (SD)

Percentage of hatching

Percentage of larvae survival

Control

46.1%

(83/180)

342.4 (± 0.567)

98.7% (82/83)

141.1 (± 0.423)

90.2% (74/82)

100% (74/74)

Imnp dsRNA

51.1%

(92/180)

349.3 (± 0.907)

89.1% (82/92)

132.3 (± 0.662)

69.5%1 (57/82)

80.7%1 (46/57)

Spi dsRNA

28.8%1

(52/180)

354.1 (± 0.615)

98.0% (51/52)

117.82 (± 0.552)

94.1% (48/51)

97.9% (47/48)

Lpc dsRNA

55.5%

(100/180)

364.32 (± 0.662)

93.0% (93/100)

128.3 (± 0.558)

66.6%1 (62/93)

96.7% (60/62)

  1. Imnp - a putative immunophilin gene; Spi - a putative Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitor; Lpc - a putative lipocalin gene
  2. 1 Chi-squared test (P < 0.01)
  3. 2 t test (P < 0.05)