Effect of LongRange™ eprinomectin on Anopheles arabiensis by feeding on calves treated with the drug

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Blood feeding rates of mosquitoes exposed to LRE treated and untreated calves during 12 weeks experiment where mosquitoes were exposed for each test at Edo Kontola, Batu, Feb.–June, 2016

Week^a	Host animal group	Mean ± SD number of fed mosquitoes (n = 120)	Percent fed mosquitoes	P-value
0	Treated	27 ± 6	67.50	0.800
0	Control	26 ± 2^b	78.0	0.800
1	Treated	32 ± 1	80.0	0.442
1	Control	33 ± 2.4	83.30	0.442
2	Treated	27 ± 4	67.50	0.116
2	Control	35 ± 2.6	87.50	0.116
4	Treated	32 ± 5	80.0	0.847
4	Control	33 ± 5	81.70	0.847
5	Treated	35 ± 3	86.70	0.368
5	Control	37 ± 2	91.70	0.368
6	Treated	37 ± 5	93.30	0.651
6	Control	36 ± 1	90.0	0.651
7	Treated	38 ± 0.7	94.20	0.116
7	Control	37 ± 0	92.50	0.116
8	Treated	39 ± 0.7	96.70	0.101
8	Control	38 ± 0.7	94.20	0.101
9	Treated	35 ± 4	86.70	0.468
9	Control	37 ± 2	91.70	0.468
10	Treated	39 ± 1	97.50	0.279
10	Control	37 ± 2	93.30	0.279
11	Treated	33 ± 4	83.30	0.116
11	Control	38 ± 2	95.80	0.116
12	Treated	36 ± 3.6	90.0	0.138
12	Control	32 ± 1	80.0	0.138

SD standard deviation
^aThe week 3 trial data were disregarded because of death of mosquitoes in the control arm with an unknown reason
^bThe number exposed mosquitoes were 100

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