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Table 2 The relative feeding preference of Anopheles mosquitoes by considering human and cattle abundance from Chano village in southwest Ethiopia

From: Zoophagic behaviour of anopheline mosquitoes in southwest Ethiopia: opportunity for malaria vector control

Species

% HB

% HP

aFR

% BB

% BP

bFR

An. arabiensis

44

75

0.59

70

25

2.8

An. marshalli

37

75

0.49

74

25

2.9

An. garnhami

37

75

0.49

65

25

2.6

An. funestus

19

75

0.25

38

25

1.5

An. pharoensis

43

75

0.57

29

25

1.2

An. tenebrosus

20

75

0.27

20

25

0.8

  1. % HB percent human blood meals, % HP percent human in populations, % BB percent bovine blood meals, % BP percent bovine, a FR forage ratios of human (% HB divided by % HP), b FR, forage ratios of cattle (% BB divided by % BP)
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