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Table 7 Sex ratio (F/M) of P. orientalis females and males attracted to traps baited with different animal and human hosts

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

Bait types

Domestic animals

F/M*

Small wild animals

F/M*

Cow

0.15

Ground squirrel

2.15

Donkey

0.8

Hare

0.9

Human

1.3

Spiny mouse

1.21

Sheep

0.23

Gerbil

2.17

Goat

0.26

Control

1.85

Dog

0.58

  

Chicken

0.3

  

Control

0.44

  
  1. *F/M = proportion of female: male P. orientalis.