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Table 8 Average total soluble protein per gram of tick

From: Vaccination of cattle with synthetic peptides corresponding to predicted extracellular domains of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus aquaporin 2 reduced the number of ticks feeding to repletion

 

Day of collection

Mean per calf

20

21

22

23

24

25

Control

       

 C1557

0.247

0.249

0.245

0.261

0.232

0.196

0.238

 C1559

0.252

0.249

0.244

0.273

0.218

0.222

0.243

 C1560

0.245

0.261

0.271

0.253

0.236

0.232

0.250

 Daily mean

0.248

0.253

0.253

0.262

0.229

0.217

0.244

 SD

0.0036

0.0069

0.0153

0.0101

0.0095

0.0186

0.006

 SEM

0.0021

0.0040

0.0088

0.0058

0.0055

0.0107

0.003

Vaccinated

       

 C1551

0.241

0.233

0.278

0.279

0.223

0.202

0.243

 C1553

0.249

0.249

0.291

0.341

0.244

0.277

0.275

 C1554

0.232

0.248

0.323

0.272

0.235

0.185

0.249

 Daily mean

0.241

0.243

0.297

0.297

0.234

0.221

0.256

 SD

0.0085

0.0090

0.0232

0.0380

0.0105

0.0490

0.017

 SEM

0.0049

0.0052

0.0134

0.0219

0.0061

0.0283

0.010

  1. Day of collection = number of days since larval ticks were first applied, each value = the average protein content per gram of tick for a random sample of 10 replete ticks per calf per day
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