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Table 3 Seasonal variation in abundance (number engorged) and comparison in engorgement rate across the host types for select species fairly represented throughout the sampling period

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

Species

Animal

June 2015

July 2015

August 2015

September 2015

October 2015

November 2015

F-test

P-value

Culex pipiens

cowa

39 (53)

7 (26)

15 (35)

6 (14)

4 (7)

5 (31)

F2,14 = 2.13

P = 0.16

 

sheepa

7 (24)

2 (16)

7 (25)

2 (7)

2 (7)

17 (28)

  
 

goata

6 (16)

0 (22)

3 (10)

1 (6)

0 (0)

1 (8)

  

Aedes dentatus

cowa

42 (62)

12 (12)

11 (13)

8 (9)

18 (22)

1 (7)

F2,14 = 3.15

P = 0.07

 

sheepa

14 (21)

1 (1)

3 (3)

0 (0)

3 (3)

3 (23)

  
 

goata

42 (99)

2 (2)

2 (4)

4 (4)

3 (3)

4 (18)

  

Anopheles gambiae

cowa

25 (26)

104 (114)

12 (14)

3 (3)

3 (3)

14 (20)

F2,12 = 15.59

P = 0.0005

 

sheepb

4 (12)

7 (11)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (1)

  
 

goatb

7 (15)

6 (16)

1 (1)

2 (2)

0 (0)

2 (4)

  

Anopheles funestus

cowa

23 (24)

23 (25)

32 (35)

46 (48)

153 (160)

0 (0)

F2,11 = 19.94

P = 0.001

 

sheepb

10 (20)

2 (4)

9 (15)

7 (8)

22 (25)

0 (0)

  
 

goatb

10 (17)

0 (0)

3 (8)

12 (14)

20 (25)

0 (0)

  
  1. Host followed by the same letters indicate no significant difference in the proportion of engorged for each type following chi square goodness-of-fit at α = 0.05 level