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Table 4 Comparison in the proportion engorged among the host treatments for select RVFv species in low occurrence

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

 

Cow

Sheep

Goat

  

Species

No. engorged (No. collected)

No. engorged (No. collected)

No. engorged (No. collected)

χ 2, df = 2

P-value

Culex vansomereni

90 (244)

8 (51)

12 (52)

10.856

0.004

Culex zombaensis

127 (186)

14 (36)

9 (45)

39.361

<0.001

Culex theileri

32 (39)

0 (1)

6 (8)

4.081

0.13

Culex terzii

84 (88)

42 (84)

30 (55)

48.097

<0.001

Anopheles coustani

21 (26)

6 (9)

9 (12)

0.76462

0.6823

Aedes mcintoshi

4 (5)

3 (4)

3 (4)

0.043333

0.9786

Aedes tarsalis

22 (27)

7 (8)

11 (13)

0.18205

0.913