Table 2 Distribution of blood meal sources of T. infestans (third instars and later stages) stratified by main type of ecotope over time post-treatment of dogs treated with fluralaner
Ecotope | Time post-treatment (months) | No. of bugs tested | No. of bugs reactive | No. (%) of bugs with mixed blood meals | Host blood source, n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Human | Dog | Cat | Chicken | |||||
Domicile, kitchen, storeroom | 0–1 | 169 | 91 | 12 (13.2) | 39 (42.9) | 19 (20.9) | 9 (9.9) | 36 (39.6) |
6 | 53 | 38 | 14 (36.8) | 2 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (57.9) | 28 (73.7) | |
10 | 48 | 44 | 31 (70.5) | 4 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (72.7) | 39 (88.6) | |
22 | 30 | 19 | 1 (5.3) | 7 (36.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.3) | 12 (63.2) | |
Chicken coop, oven, corral, other | 0–1 | 47 | 26 | 2 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (7.7) | 26 (100.0) |
6 | 4 | 4 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) | |
10 | 20 | 16 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (100.0) | |
22 | 14 | 12 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (100.0) | |
Total | 0–1 | 216 | 117 | 14 (12.0) | 39 (33.3) | 19 (16.2) | 11 (9.4) | 62 (53.0) |
6 | 57 | 42 | 14 (33.3) | 2 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (52.4) | 32 (76.2) | |
10 | 68 | 60 | 31 (51.7) | 4 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (53.3) | 55 (91.7) | |
22 | 44 | 31 | 1 (3.2) | 7 (22.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.2) | 24 (77.4) | |