From: Chicken blood provides a suitable meal for the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis and does not inhibit Leishmania development in the gut
Blood Source
% Flies infected (N° flies examined)
2 days
4 days
6 days
8 days
Rabbit blood
82.6
74.5
68.4
89.7
(46)
(47)
(38)
(39)
Chicken blood
95.7
89.4
92.1
82.1