Table 1. Mean vital rates (lost, dead, fed, and engorged) of fifth-instar nymphs of T. infestans in two host choice experiments.

Trial	Day	No. of replicates	No. of bugs released	Percentage of bugs
				lost	dead	fed	engorged
Dog-chicken	1	6	360	8.1	0.0	98.5	48.2
	2	6	361	5.3	0.0	99.4	47.1
	3	6	360	6.9	0.8	98.2	45.3
	Sub-total	18	1081	6.8	0.3	98.7	46.8
OR for vector density effects					0.63	0.26	1.13
95% confidence interval					0.05–7.57	0.03–2.11	0.79–1.62
Dog-cat	1	2	120	4.2	5.0	64.0	39.7
	2	3	211	1.4	3.8	64.1	52.3
	3	3	210	2.4	1.9	82.8	40.2
	Sub-total	8	541	2.4	3.3	71.4	44.4
Total		26	1622	5.3	1.3	89.1	46.2
OR for vector density effects				0.34	3.85	0.62	0.55
95% confidence interval				0.07–1.74	0.50–29.62	0.35–1.08	0.30–1.00