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Table 2 Effects of treatment (EPR, MOX or IVM) on blood-meal digestion of adult mites

From: Acaricidal efficacy of orally administered macrocyclic lactones against poultry red mites (Dermanyssus gallinae) on chicks and their impacts on mite reproduction and blood-meal digestion

Days after mite collection

Digestion rate (%)

Control

EPR

MOX

IVM

1

47.91 ± 1.19a

21.25 ± 0.78b

33.37 ± 3.81c

26.04 ± 0.64d

3

94.41 ± 1.60a

36.58 ± 2.59b

68.74 ± 2.86c

42.22 ± 1.93d

5

99.36 ± 0.75a

60.74 ± 1.87b

75.03 ± 1.48c

56.23 ± 0.23d

  1. a, b, c, dValues within the same row followed by different letters are significantly different
  2. The data are expressed as the mean ± SD
  3. Abbreviations: EPR, eprinomectin; MOX, moxidectin; IVM, ivermectin
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