Host choice of Phlebotomus orientalis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in animal baited experiments: a field study in Tahtay Adiyabo district, northern Ethiopia

Table 3 Mean numbers (±SE) of female and male P . orientalis attracted to tent traps baited with different domestic animals and human host

Bait types	Mean number ± SE of sand flies collected/tent trap
Bait types	Female	Male
Cow	53.44 ± 3.19ab	359.56 ± 54.25a
Donkey	82.69 ± 10.81a	103.81 ± 21.16b
Human	37.19 ± 2.82c	28.63 ± 3.24c
Sheep	5.00 ± 1.12d	21.50 ± 4.79 cd
Goat	3.5 ± 1.19de	13.31 ± 3.34d
Dog	2.44 ± 0.99ef	4.19 ± 1.52e
Chicken	0.38 ± 0.25f	1.25 ± 0.61e
Control	0.44 ± 0.12f	1.00 ± 0.45e

Mean values followed by the same letter on the same line are not significantly different (P < 0.01; Multiple-Mann Whitney U-test).

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