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Table 6 Number and percentage of female sand fly species attracted and engorged on different domestic animals baits

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

Sand fly species

Percentage of blood fed females

Cow

Donkey

Sheep

Goat

Dog

Chicken

% fed

% fed

% fed

% fed

% fed

% fed

P. orientalis

72.8 (855)

92.6 (1323)

27.5 (80)

44.6 (56)

18 (39)

66.7 (6)

P. lesleyae

0 (4)

0 (4)

0 (2)

0 (5)

0 (1)

0 (2)

P. heischi

0 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

S. africana

0 (198)

0 (203)

0 (286)

0 (257)

0 (250)

0 (155)

S. schwetzi

1.9 (526)

0.7 (756)

0 (181)

0.7 (290)

0 (173)

0 (37)

S. clydei

3.1 (97)

0 (114)

0 (76)

2.2 (90)

0 (45)

0 (1)

S. bedfordi group

0 (8)

0 (10)

0 (6)

0 (9)

0 (16)

0 (13)

S. antennata group

0 (12)

0 (16)

0 (9)

0 (9)

0 (15)

0 (2)

  1. Figures in brackets denote total number of sand fly females caught in various animal baited tent traps.