Table 3 Number of individuals of four species of sand flies that fed on single or multiple blood sources
Blood meal | Sand fly species | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sergentomyia africana africana | Sergentomyia ingrami | Sergentomyia simillima | Sergentomyia antennata | ||
Chicken | 13 | 6 | 13 | – | 32 |
Human | 7 | 9 | 9 | – | 25 |
Goat | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
Chicken and goat | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 |
Chicken and human | 9 | 11 | 17 | – | 37 |
Goat and human | 0 | 3 | 2 | – | 5 |
Chicken, goat and human | 2 | 7 | 12 | – | 21 |
Bovine | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
Unidentified blood source | 42 | 54 | 50 | 1 | 147 |
Total | 74 | 95 | 105 | 1 | 275 |