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Table 2 Seasonal variation in mosquito abundance and number engorged (%) per host treatment collected from enclosure traps in Naivasha, Kenya

From: Mosquito host choices on livestock amplifiers of Rift Valley fever virus in Kenya

Sampling period

Cow

Sheep

Goat

 

No. collected

No. engorged (%)

No. collected

No. engorged (%)

No. collected

No. engorged (%)

June 2015

208

155 (74.5)

100

42 (42.0)

184

76 (41.3

July 2015

212

166 (78.3)

47

18 (38.3)

50

10 (20.0)

August 2015

130

86 (66.2)

54

22 (40.7)

36

19 (52.8)

September 2015

93

80 (86.0)

27

16 (59.3)

46

35 (76.1)

October 2015

265

243 (91.7)

45

33 (73.3)

38

28 (73.7)

November 2015

564

302 (53.5)

229

83 (36.2)

186

57 (30.6)

Overall total

1472

1032 (70.1)

502

214 (42.6)

540

225 (41.7)