Ixodes scapularis | ||||||||||||
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Test group | Outcome for introduced ticks by end of 8-day observation period in terms of attached/ detached | Females (n) | Males (n) | Initial no. ticks placed on deer | No. ticks recovereda | Recovery (%) | ||||||
Flat | Partially engorged | Fully engorged | ||||||||||
Alive | Dead | Alive | Dead | Alive | Dead | Alive | Dead | |||||
T48 (48-h FDF exposure) | Attached | 0 | 57 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 280 | 210 | 75 |
Detached | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 69 | ||||
T120 (120-h FDF exposure) | Attached | 0 | 55 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 280 | 221 | 78.9 |
Detached | 0 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||
Control | Attached | 0 | 19 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 280 | 141 | 50.4 |
Detached | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||||
Amblyomma americanum | ||||||||||||
Test group | Outcome for introduced ticks by end of 8-day observation period in terms of attached/ detached | Females (n) | Males (n) | Initial no. ticks placed on deer | No. ticks recovereda | Recovery (%) | ||||||
Flat | Partially engorged | Fully engorged | ||||||||||
Alive | Dead | Alive | Dead | Alive | Dead | Alive | Dead | |||||
T48 (48-h FDF exposure) | Attached | 3 | 31 | 13 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 41 | 280 | 219 | 78.2 |
Detached | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12 | ||||
T120 (120-h FDF exposure) | Attached | 1 | 44 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 280 | 199 | 71.1 |
Detached | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
Control | Attached | 22 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 6 | 280 | 236 | 84.3 |
Detached | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |