Table 2 Blood meal species detected in R. prolixus individuals collected in the E. guineensis plantation
Class | Order | Species | Reads | % Readsa | Blood meals | % Blood meals | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aves | Accipitriformes | Buteo sp. | 2543 | 0.58 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.01 |
Galliformes | Ortalis sp. | 1391 | 0.32 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.02 | |
Reptilia | Squamata | Hemidactylus frenatus | 6042 | 1.37 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.01 |
Mammalia | Artiodactyla | Bos taurus | 674 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.01 |
Sus scrofa | 232,321 | 52.70 | 121 | 65.1 | 1.00 | ||
Carnivora | Procyon sp. | 1176 | 0.27 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.02 | |
Marsupialia | Didelphis sp. | 33032 | 7.49 | 11 | 5.9 | 0.09 | |
Rodentia | Mus musculus | 160304 | 36.37 | 45 | 24.2 | 0.37 | |
Zygodontomys brevicauda | 3313 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.01 | ||
|  |  | Unassigned | 133615 | – | – | – | – |