Fig. 2
From: Interaction between saliva’s adenosine and tick parasitism: effects on feeding and reproduction
Performance of ticks feeding on mice treated with an ADO receptor antagonist. BALB/c mice (n = 10/group) were infested with three couples of adult ticks and treated daily with a non-selective antagonist of ADO (8-pSPT, 20 mg/kg i.p.) or saline. After tick detachment, female ticks were weighed (a) and placed in a chamber for oviposition. The egg mass weight (b) was measured 15 days after the engorged female tick detachment and after the reproductive index (c) larva hatching rate (d) and larva survival period (e) was calculated. Data are presented as mean values ± SEM from two independent experiments