Table 3 The association of Anopheles mosquitoes blood meal sources with host preference
Meal source | Vector identification | Total | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An. arabiensis | An. rufipes | An. stephensi | |||
Human | 151 (57.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 151 (55.1%) | 0.001 |
Cattle | 184 (70.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (100%) | 193 (70.4%) | 0.014 |
Goat | 29 (11.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 29 (10.6%) | 0.508 |
Dog | 1 (0.4%) | 2 (100%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.1%) | 0.001 |
Bird | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.986 |
Reptile | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.986 |